Questionable Issue: Illegitimacy in South Africa (Contemporary South African Debates)
By Unknown Author.
Description
Over 40 per cent of all children in South Africa are born to unmarried people. In some communities this figure reaches 70 per cent. Why is this figure so high? To be born "illegitimate" once carried a grave social stigma with severe legal disabilities. In Europe this has changed, and single parenthood has become an accepted and chosen alternative to birth within marriage. Yet in South Africa illegitimacy is still a contentious issue, and both social and policy recognition of change lags far behind reality. Written by a team of academics and practitioners in the fields of law, anth...
ISBN(s)
0195706609, 9780195706604
