Diminished rights

Danish lone mother families in international context
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-86134-277-5
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 319 g

Denmark is one of the most progressive countries in terms of family support policies. This book, however, reveals a backdrop of diminished rights, inequalities and family violence in the lives of vulnerable lone mothers. If this is the case in Denmark, what is the situation in other countries, including the USA, the UK and other EU member states?
Diminished rights is a unique qualitative study that documents the daily lives of vulnerable lone mothers and their children in Denmark. Loss of rights, gender and ethnic inequality, and family violence all emerge as key themes, with far-reaching international implications. The book:

· presents vivid case stories to illuminate the voices and experiences of the women involved in the study;
· identifies lone mothers as part of an emerging post-modern underclass in Denmark;
· highlights the disturbing prevalence of domestic violence that pervades many lone mothers' lives;
· raises questions around legal and child custody rights and the lack of redress in a patriarchal justice system.
Policy and practice recommendations are made with wide-ranging applications for an international audience of policy makers, practitioners and academics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Polakow, Valerie

Halskov, Therese

Jørgensen, Per Schultz

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Familie, Kinder, Jugendliche
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Introduction: lone motherhood in international context; Part One: Whither equality? The worlds of Danish lone mothers: Critical obstacles confronting lone mothers; Struggling against the odds; Fighting for an education; Part Two: The outsiders - the worlds of ethnic minority lone mothers: Life on the margins; Part Three: Violence and the culture of silence: Life under siege; Conclusion: policy and practice recommendations.

Über Autor(innen)

Valerie Polakow is Professor of Educational Psychology and Early Childhood Studies at Eastern Michigan University, USA. She was a Fulbright scholar in Denmark in 1995, and has written extensively about women and children in poverty, and welfare and child care policies. Therese Halskov is Associate Professor at the Danish National School of Social Work, Copenhagen. She has conducted research on vulnerable populations in the EU and authored several books on social work. Per Schultz Jørgensen is former Professor of Social Psychology at the Royal Danish School of Educational Studies, Copenhagen. He served as Chairman of the National Council for Children in Denmark from 1998-2001.