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Changing conceptualizations of lone parenthood in Britain - Lone parents or single mums?

Song, Miri (1996) Changing conceptualizations of lone parenthood in Britain - Lone parents or single mums? European Journal of Women's Studies, 3 (4). 377-&. ISSN 1350-5068. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:18519)

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Abstract

The identification of lone parenthood as a social issue has varied among European countries. In Britain, lone mothers' 'dependence' upon either men or the state has been central to the way in which they have been constructed as a social problem in the last few decades. The extent to which moral discourses have shaped the recognition and legitimation of lone parents', and especially lone mothers', needs, has varied over time. This is reflected in the degree to which commonalities or differences (by sex and 'route' into lone parenthood) have been stressed in the conceptualization of lone parents as a group. Through a discussion of the 1970s in particular, when the Finer Report on lone parenthood stressed poverty and the commonalities of lone parents' situations, I consider the political and policy implications of the ways in which lone parents are conceptualized and categorized in the 1990s.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: A General Works
Divisions: Central Services
Depositing User: P. Ogbuji
Date Deposited: 06 Mar 1914 16:28 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:56 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/18519 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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