Poor Women in Rich Countries
The Feminization of Poverty Over the Life Course
ISBN13: 9780195314304ISBN10: 0195314301
Paperback, 352 pages
Oct 2009,
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352 pages;
6-1/8 x 9-1/4;
ISBN13: 978-0-19-531430-4ISBN10: 0-19-531430-1
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.
Table of Contents
1. Revisiting the Feminization of Poverty in Cross-National Perspective, Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg2. 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
