Lone Motherhood in Twentieth-Century Britain - From Footnote to Front Page (Paperback)

During the 1990s lone mothers reached the top of the political agenda, viewed as both a drain on public expenditure and a moral threat. What has been missing from the debate is an understanding of how we have got to where we are. This study, by three leading experts in the field, sets out first to investigate the demographics of lone motherhood - how the pathways into lone motherhood have changed, and whether the changes of the last quarter of a century are as dramatic as they appear. Second, it looks at the wider context for the changes in lone motherhood in terms of ideas about marriage, and the changes in the construction of the never-married mother, from victim in the 1950s to parasite in the late 1980s. Finally, it examines the way in which policies have defined the problem of lone motherhood over time and the way in which lone mothers have been treated with regard to housing, social security, and employment. The study concludes that there is little possiblility of putting the genie back in the bottle in terms of reducing the number of lone mothers - efforts to do so by reducing public expenditure on them may be effective, but at the expense of the children involved. Instead,

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Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 1998
Authors:	Kathleen Kiernan (Reader in Social Policy and Demography, Department of Social Policy and Administration) • Hilary Land (Professor of Family Policy and Child Welfare, School of Policy Studies) • Jane Lewis (Director of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine; Professor and Fellow)
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	346
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-829069-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Children Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Adolescents Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	0-19-829069-1
Barcode:	9780198290698

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