For Richer, For Poorer

Mothers Confront Divorce
1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-0-415-91009-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 438 g

Reihe: Perspectives on Gender

For Richer, For Poorer provides a new perspective on the impact of divorce on women. Based on interviews with a random sample of divorced mothers, this book identifies their real concerns: inadequate resources from their ex-husbands and the state, and unequal social policies. Presenting accounts of how they manage the divorce process, divorced women of diverse background describe their attempts to rebuild their own lives and those of their families. Demie Kurz proposes a reversal of policies which penalize the single-parent family by failing to provide mothers and children with adequate resources.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kurz, Demie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Introduction; 2: Understanding Divorce and Divorced Women; 3: How Marriages End; 4: Coping with Divorce; 5: Dividing Resources; 6: Mothers Negotiate for Custody and Visitation; 7: Women and Children at Divorce; 8: Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Demie Kurz is Co-Director of the Women's Studies Program and has an appointment in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.