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Lone Mothers, Paid Work and Gendered Moral Rationalities

By Simon Duncan , Rosalind Edwards (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
1999
ISBN
978-0-333-64453-9, 978-0-230-50968-9, 978-0-312-22432-5
DOI
10.1057/9780230509689
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3353509 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
IX, 333\343
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01
Economic Sociology; Social Care; Gender Studies; SPolitics of the Welfare State; Organizational StudYouth and Aging

Description

Why are most British lone mothers unemployed? And is 'welfare to work' the right sort of policy response? This book provides an in-depth analysis of how lone mothers negotiate the relationship between motherhood and paid work. Combining qualitative and quantitative data, it focuses on social capital in different neighbourhoods, local labour markets and welfare states. Criticising conventional economic theories of decision-making, it posits an alternative concept of 'gendered moral rationality', and sets up new frameworks for understanding national policy differences and discourses about lone motherhood.

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