The triple bind of single-parent families : resources, employment and policies to improve wellbeing / edited by Rense Nieuwenhuis, Laurie C. Maldonado.
Single parents face countless hardships, but they can be boiled down to a triple bind: inadequate resources, insufficient employment, and limited support policies. This book brings together research from a range of disciplines from more than forty countries--with particularly detailed case studies f...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA :
Policy Press,
2018.
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| Online Access: | JSTOR Open Access Access via Directory of Open Access Books |
| Summary: | Single parents face countless hardships, but they can be boiled down to a triple bind: inadequate resources, insufficient employment, and limited support policies. This book brings together research from a range of disciplines from more than forty countries--with particularly detailed case studies from the United Kingdom, Iceland, Sweden, and Scotland. It addresses numerous issues related to the struggles of single parents, including poverty, employment, health, children's development and education, and more. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 478 pages : illustrations) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781447333654 1447333659 9781447333647 |