Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg (Professor of Social Policy, Professor of Social Policy, Adelphi University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 23.10cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 15.50cm
Weight: 0.524kg
ISBN: 9780195314304
ISBN 10: 0195314301
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 26 November 2009
Audience:
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
1. Revisiting the Feminization of Poverty in Cross-National Perspective, Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg 2. Sweden: The Feminization of Poverty?, Diane Sainsbury and Ann Morissens 3. Feminization of Poverty: The French Case, Claude Martin 4. Germany: Deviating from the Male Breadwinner Norm, Ute Klammer 5. The United Kingdom: The Feminization of Poverty?, Jane Millar 6. Women's Poverty in Canada: Cross-Currents in an Ebbing Tide, Patricia Evans 7. The Italian Case, Enrica Morlicchio and Elena Spinelli 8. Feminization of Poverty in Japan: A Special Case?, Kimiko Kimoto and Kumiko Hagiwara 9. Feminized Poverty in the United States: Any Surprises?, Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg 10. Summary, Synthesis, and Conclusions, Part 1: The Poverty of Lone Women, Their Diversity, and Income Sources, Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg 11. Summary, Synthesis and Conclusions, Part 2: Social and Economic Policies for Lone Women, Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg
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an impressive and in depth examination of women's poverty in eight wealthy yet wholly diverse countries.
Author Information
Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg, DSW, is Professor of Social Policy and Director, Ph.D. Program in Social Work, Adelphi University.
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