Format:
xvii, 228 Seiten
,
Diagramme
ISBN:
9781800882393
Series Statement:
New horizons in social policy
Content:
"Taking a novel approach to child support policy analysis, Single Parents and Child Support Systems locates the transfer of payments between separated parents within a wider social policy ecosystem and compares the political, institutional and administrative dimensions of child support policy enactment across the globe. Featuring contributions from an interdisciplinary collective of researchers in social policy, social work, sociology, economics and law, the book assesses how child support policies align conceptually with other social policies. Single Parents and Child Support Systems begins by setting out how children's and single parents' economic welfare is conceived across countries in relation to the triple burden of financial, caring and administrative responsibilities faced by single mothers. Chapters map how post-separation child support policy reinforces or breaks from the gender and family logics that underpin welfare and family policies in 10 different countries spanning corporatist, liberal and Nordic welfare regimes. Offering extensive coverage of a diverse range of international legal provisions and social policies, this stimulating book will be an essential resource for academics and researchers of social policy, social work, family law and gender studies. Its practical insights and suggested avenues for reform will also benefit policy makers, child support administrators and legal professionals"--
Note:
Literaturangaben jeweils im Anschluss an die Beiträge
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Introduction to single parents and child support systems / Kay Cook, Thomas Meysen, and Adrienne Byrt -- 1. Poverty, gender and child support systems in comparative perspective / Adedayo Adelakun, Olanike S. Adelakun, Marisa Lo Bartolo, Christina Boll, Rhonda Breitkreuz, Adrienne Byrt, Yiyoon Chung, Kay Cook, Laura Cuesta, Alisha Griffin, Angela Guarin, Mari Haapanen, Mia Hakovirta, Yoonkyung Kim, Eric Lee, Thomas Meysen, Zarina Md Nor, Hannah Roots, Sarah Sinclair, and Christine Skinner -- 2. The tensions embedded within parents' access to and the administration of child support: A cross-country conceptual framework / Adrienne Byrt, Kay Cook, and Thomas Meysen -- 3. Australia's child support system in the context of the welfare system and demographic change / Kay Cook and Sarah Sinclair -- 4. The child support system in Canada: An overview / Hannah Roots and Rhonda Breitkreuz -- 5. The colombian child support system: A hybrid approach in a challenging social and economic context / Laura Cuesta and Angela Guarin -- 6. Single mothers and the child support system in Finland / Mari Haapanen and Mia Hakovirta -- 7. Child support as Part of a multifaceted but fragmented system in Germany / Christina Boll and Thomas Meysen -- 8. Single parent families and the child support system in south korea / Yiyoon Chung, Yoonkyung Kim, and Eric Lee -- 9. The child support system in Malaysia / Zarina Md Nor -- 10. The child support system and women's access to child support in nigeria / Olanike S. Adelakun and Adedayo Adelakun -- 11. United Kingdom and the child support system / Christine Skinner -- 12. The child support system in the United States of america / Alisha Griffin -- 13. Sticking points, blind spots and ways forward / Kay Cook, Adrienne Byrt, and Thomas Meysen -- Index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-80088-240-9
Language:
English
Subjects:
Sociology
Keywords:
Alleinerziehender
;
Kindergeld
;
Sozialhilfe
;
Aufsatzsammlung
URL:
https://www.elgaronline.com/view/book/9781800882409/9781800882409.xml
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