Poor Women in Rich Countries
The Feminization of Poverty Over the Life Course
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 26 November 2009
- ISBN 9780195314304
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages352 pages
- Size 155x231x15 mm
- Weight 524 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
The first book to study women's poverty over the life course, this outstanding collection compares the economic condition of single mothers and single elderly women--while also considering partnered women and immigrants--in eight wealthy but diverse countries. By identifying the social and economic policies that enable women to live independently, Poor Women in Rich Countries provides nothing less than a blueprint for abolishing women's poverty.
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The first book to study women's poverty over the life course, this wide-ranging collection focuses on the economic condition of single mothers and single elderly women--while also considering partnered women and immigrants--in eight wealthy but diverse countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
In a rich analysis of labor market and social welfare sectors, Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg and a team of outstanding international contributors conclude that both living-wage employment and government provision of adequate benefits and services are necessary if lone women are to achieve a socially acceptable living standard. Taken together, the chapters extend a feminist critique of welfare state theories and chart nations' disparate progress against poverty -- probing, for instance, how Sweden emerged a leader in the prevention of women's poverty while the United States continues to lag.
By identifying the social and economic policies that enable women to live independently, Poor Women in Rich Countries provides nothing less than a blueprint for abolishing women's poverty.
an impressive and in depth examination of women's poverty in eight wealthy yet wholly diverse countries.
Table of Contents:
Revisiting the Feminization of Poverty in Cross-National Perspective, Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg
Sweden: The Feminization of Poverty?, Diane Sainsbury and Ann Morissens
Feminization of Poverty: The French Case, Claude Martin
Germany: Deviating from the Male Breadwinner Norm, Ute Klammer
The United Kingdom: The Feminization of Poverty?, Jane Millar
Women's Poverty in Canada: Cross-Currents in an Ebbing Tide, Patricia Evans
The Italian Case, Enrica Morlicchio and Elena Spinelli
Feminization of Poverty in Japan: A Special Case?, Kimiko Kimoto and Kumiko Hagiwara
Feminized Poverty in the United States: Any Surprises?, Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg
Summary, Synthesis, and Conclusions, Part 1: The Poverty of Lone Women, Their Diversity, and Income Sources, Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg
Summary, Synthesis and Conclusions, Part 2: Social and Economic Policies for Lone Women, Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg
