Going it Alone?

Lone Motherhood in Late Modernity

Paperback Engels 2016 9781138266780
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Are lone mothers 'going it alone' in late modernity? In this fascinating work, Martina Klett-Davies examines how women negotiate lone motherhood in Britain and Germany. She draws on interviews with 70 unmarried lone mothers living on state benefits in inner city areas to examine the complexity and diversity of their lives, the ways in which they try to manage choices and constraints, and how they position themselves as carers, dependants or as paid workers. Going it Alone? assesses the extent to which individualization can explain the experience of state-dependent lone mothers, further develops the concept and provides a better understanding of lone mothers. Suggestions with regard to paid employment, education and state benefits are provided as well as policy recommendations for increasing the options available to lone mothers.

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ISBN13:9781138266780
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:176
Uitgever:Taylor & Francis Ltd

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List of Figures, List of Tables, Acknowledgements, 1 Introduction, 2 Explaining Lone Motherhood – Academic and Political Discourses in Britain and Germany, 3 Lone Motherhood – Late Modernity and Individualization, 4 The Positioning of Lone Mothers in the British and German Welfare States, 5 Mothering and Paid Employment – Views and Experiences, 6 Creating and Interpreting Meaning – The Use of Type Categories, 7 Pioneers, 8 Copers, 9 Strugglers, 10 Borderliners, 11 Going it Alone? Concluding Discussion, Appendix: The Berlin and London Interviewees, Bibliography, Index

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