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Going it alone?, lone motherhood in late modernity, by Martina Klett-Davies

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

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index present

non fiction

Going it alone?

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by Martina Klett-Davies

lone motherhood in late modernity

Martina Klett-Davies shows how women negotiate lone motherhood in Britain and Germany within late modernity. The book draws on interviews with 70 lone mothers who live on state benefits, are unmarried and live in inner city areas in Berlin and London., Are lone mothers 'going it alone' in late modernity? In this fascinating work, Martina Klett-Davies examines how women negotiate lone motherhood in Britain and Germany. She draws on interviews with 70 unmarried lone mothers living on state benefits in inner city areas to examine the complexity and diversity of their lives, the ways in which they try to manage choices and constraints, and how they position themselves as carers, dependants or as paid workers. Going it Alone? assesses the extent to which individualization can explain the experience of state-dependent lone mothers, further develops the concept and provides a better understanding of lone mothers. Suggestions with regard to paid employment, education and state benefits are provided as well as policy recommendations for increasing the options available to lone mothers