TY  - BOOK
AU  - Albelda,Randy Pearl
AU  - Himmelweit,Susan
AU  - Humphries,Jane
TI  - Dilemmas of lone motherhood
SN  - 041536017X
U1  - 306.87432 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Single mothers
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; The dilemmas of lone motherhood : key issues for feminist economics; Randy Albelda, Susan Himmelweit and Jane Humphries --; 2; How men matter : housework and self-provisioning among rural single-mother and married-couple families in Vermont, US; Margaret K. Nelson --; 3; Long mothers in Russia : Soviet and post-Soviet policy; Judith Record McKinney --; 4; Welfare rules, business cycles, and employment dynamics among lone parents in Norway; Randi Kjeldstad and Marit Ronsen --; 5; Family economy workers or caring mothers? : male breadwinning and widows' pensions in Norway and the UK; Anne Skevik --; 6; The commodification of lone mothers' labor : a comparison of US and German policies; Lisa Giddings, Irene Dingeldey and Susan Ulbricht --; 7; Welfare as we; Karen Christopher --; 8; Mundane heroines : conflict, ethnicity, gender, and female headship in Eastern Sri Lanka; Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Jane Humphries --; 9; The route matters : poverty and inequality among lone-mother households in Russia; Shireen Kanji --; 10; All the lesbian mothers are coupled, all the single mothers are straight, and all of us are tired : reflections on being a single lesbian mom; June Lapidus --; 11; Lone mothers : what is to be done? --; I; Introduction; Susan Himmelweit --; II; What policies toward lone mothers should we aim for?; Barbara R. Bergmann --; III; Is work worth it for lone parents?; Kate Green --; IV; An immodest proposal; Randy Albelda; The Women's Committee of One Hundred --; V; Who cares?; Charlotte Koren
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