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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808463103321

Autore

Ypeij Johanna Louisa

Titolo

Single motherhood and poverty [[electronic resource] ] : the case of the Netherlands / / Annelou Ypeij ; foreword by Sylvia Chant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Aksant, 2009

ISBN

1-283-25965-6

9786613259653

90-485-2121-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

301

306.85

306.856

Soggetti

Single mothers - Netherlands - Economic conditions

Single mothers - Netherlands - Social conditions

Poor women - Netherlands

Poverty - Netherlands

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This book is one of the results of the 'Landscapes of Poverty' research project, which ran from 1997 to 2000"--P. 11.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Single motherhood and poverty; Foreword; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Single motherhood and poverty in a theoretical perspective; 3 Making ends meet: constructing daily life; 4 Fathers, boyfriends and ex-husbands; 5 Motherhood, neatness and poverty; 6 Being on benefits and dependent on the state; 7 Networks that support and stigmatize; 8 Migrant women and the state; 9 Discussion and conclusions; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

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