Lone Mothers Between Paid Work and Care: The Policy Regime in Twenty Countries

by Majella Kilkey

This is a study which compares and contrasts how lone mothers' relationships to paid work and care-giving are constructed across 20 countries, and with what outcomes for lone mothers' levels of economic well-being. In doing so, the book explores from an international perspective, the implications of the re-orientation of lone mothers' citizenship within the UK policy field from that of care-giver to paid worker.

304 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 2000