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Single mothers and the state : the politics of care in Sweden and the United States

Title
Single mothers and the state : the politics of care in Sweden and the United States / Celia Winkler.
Author
Winkler, Celia, 1952-
Publication
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2002.

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Description
viii, 293 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • Single mothers > Government policy > Sweden
  • Family policy > Sweden
  • Single mothers > Government policy > United States
  • Family policy > United States
  • Family policy
  • Single mothers > Government policy
  • Alleinerziehende Mutter
  • Familienpolitik
  • Sweden
  • United States
  • Schweden
  • USA
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: the canary in the coal mine -- Inclusion and exclusion: exploring historical differences in welfare states -- The United States: introducing women as individuals -- Equality and work in Sweden: creating a woman-friendly labor market -- Women's economic independence and family in Sweden -- Neoliberalism and solo mothers in the United States -- Women's work and the rise of neoliberalism in Sweden -- Privatizing the family in neoliberal Sweden -- Equality and freedom for solo mothers.
ISBN
  • 0847691314
  • 9780847691319
LCCN
2001048801
OCLC
  • ocm48241338
  • 48241338
  • SCSB-1251761
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library