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Author Ypeij, Johanna Louisa

Title Single motherhood and poverty : the case of the Netherlands / Annelou Ypeij ; foreword by Sylvia Chant
Published Amsterdam : Aksant, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (223 pages)
Contents Introduction -- Single motherhood and poverty in a theoretical perspective -- Making ends meet: constructing daily life -- Fathers, boyfriends and ex-husbands -- Motherhood, neatness and poverty -- Being on benefits and dependent on the state -- Networks that support and stigmatize -- Migrant women and the state -- Discussion and conclusions
Summary In the Netherlands, single mothers run a high risk of becoming poor, even though this country has a well-developed welfare system. This study brings together many partial life histories of single mothers of different cultural backgrounds and origins and shows that poverty is not solely material deprivation. Through its in-depth account of the ways single mothers construct their everyday lives, this book sheds light on the many social, cultural and structural dimensions of poverty. In a context of economic hardship, gender inequality and stigmatization, the interviewed women give meaning to the
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-223)
Notes English
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Subject Single mothers -- Netherlands -- Economic conditions
Single mothers -- Netherlands -- Social conditions
Poor women -- Netherlands
Poverty -- Netherlands
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting -- Motherhood.
Poor women
Poverty
Single mothers -- Economic conditions
Single mothers -- Social conditions
Alleinerziehende Mutter
Armut
Netherlands
Niederlande
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009479982
ISBN 9789048521210
9048521211
1283259656
9781283259651
9786613259653
6613259659