Lone parent families : gender, class and state / Karen Rowlingson and Stephen McKay
Imprint
Harlow, England : Prentice Hall, c2002
Descript
xvi, 243 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
CONTENT
Lone parent families today -- Fall and rise of lone parenthood -- Thinking about lone parenthood -- Role of the state: Right to reproduce ; Children's rights ; UK government strategy -- Lone parent families and social policy: Poverty and social security ; Underclass, dependency and social exclusion -- Work and employment: Work, gender and the free market -- Care and welfare of children: Outcomes for children -- Non-resident parents and child support -- Health, housing and hardship ; Sickness and disability ; Living standards of lone parent families