Poverty remains one of the most urgent issues of our time. In this fully updated edition of her
important and widely acclaimed intervention on the topic, Ruth Lister introduces readers to …

There is growing interest in what helps parents maintain good parenting when they
encounter stressors. The United States has the world's highest rate of single-parent …

This study aimed to examine the influence of differences in household status on the parental
stress, coping, time use and quality of life (QoL) among mothers of children with autism …

Recent changes to Australia's welfare system have affected low-income single parent
families, with many moved on to an employment seeker's payment (a reduced payment) …

This open access book applies insights from the network perspective in health research to
explain the reproduction of health inequalities. It discusses the extant literature in this field …

Research on single mothers' employment overwhelmingly focuses on the importance of
access to formal childcare at a single point in time. However, to understand the relationship …

In Germany as in many other western countries, lone parenthood is a common family form: a
single parent heads every fifth family with children under age 18 (BMAS 2013: 5). There are …

In this chapter we discuss the ways in which work–family researchers can better include
underrepresented populations in work–family scholarship. Extant research on five example …

Following the United States' lead, the emergence of neoliberal welfare policy across the
western world has resulted in employment programmes for single parents, who are …

The present study examined the thoughts and feelings of solo mothers by choice (SMC)
regarding their experiences during pregnancy and early parenthood, with special focus on …