Women and Poverty in Britain: The 1990's
By Unknown Author.
Description
In a decade where poverty has increased, women have continued to bear the brunt of poverty, and this book both illustrates and explains why it is so. It analyzes the extent of women's poverty in a variety of contexts - training schemes, the labour market, redundancy, unemployment and retirement; and in different roles - as breadwinners, as carers, as lone mothers, as wives and widows. The book also steps inside the "private" world of family, to explore the role that women play in managing poverty on a daily basis. All the original chapters have been substantially updated and ...
ISBN(s)
0745010407, 9780745010403
