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13 produkter
Lives on the Edge
Single Mothers and Their Children in the Other America
E-bok, 1994
569 kr
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One out of five children, and one out of two single mothers, lives in destitution in America today. The feminization and "infantilization" of poverty have made the United States one of the most dangerous democracies for poor mothers and their children to inhabit. Why then, Valerie Polakow asks, is …
Lives on the Edge
Single Mothers and Their Children in the Other America
Häftad, 1994
261 kr
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One out of five children, and one out of two single mothers, lives in destitution in America today. The feminization and "infantilization" of poverty have made the United States one of the most dangerous democracies for poor mothers and their children to inhabit. Why then, Valerie Polakow asks, is …
Erosion of Childhood
Häftad, 1992
287 kr
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How can child care be structured to protect both the interests of children and the rights of women? Must children suffer the "loss" of their childhood through institutional care? Polakow uses her observations of pre-school centers--including profit-run, federally funded, community, and Montessori …
International Perspectives on Homelessness
Av Valerie Polakow, Cindy Guillean
E-bok, 2001
1169 kr
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Homelessness strikes in all types of nations, from wealthy western nations to poor undeveloped countries. Each government and culture attends to this worldwide problem differently. This work collects eleven case studies of selected countries from around the world in order to offer a wide …
International Perspectives on Homelessness
Av Valerie Suransky Polakow, Valerie Polakow m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1062 kr
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Homelessness strikes in all types of nations, from wealthy western nations to poor undeveloped countries. Each government and culture attends to this worldwide problem differently. This work collects eleven case studies of selected countries from around the world in order to offer a wide …
Poverty and Schooling
A Special Issue of Educational Studies
Häftad, 2001
604 kr
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This is a special issue of Educational Studies, Volume 32, No 3 from 2001. It's main focus is poverty and schooling with two guest editors that have been deeply involved in research and teaching on the problem of children in poverty for many years and bring their considerable expertise to this …
Poverty and Schooling
A Special Issue of Educational Studies
E-bok, 2001
707 kr
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This is a special issue of Educational Studies, Volume 32, No 3 from 2001. It''s main focus is poverty and schooling with two guest editors that have been deeply involved in research and teaching on the problem of children in poverty for many years and bring their considerable expertise to this …
Diminished rights
Danish lone mother families in international context
Av Therese Halskov, Valerie Polakow
E-bok, 2001
359 kr
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Denmark is one of the most progressive countries in terms of family support policies. This book, however, reveals a backdrop of diminished rights, inequalities and family violence in the lives of vulnerable lone mothers. If this is the case in Denmark, what is the situation in other countries, …
Diminished rights
Danish lone mother families in international context
Av Valerie Polakow, Therese Halskov m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
316 kr
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Denmark is one of the most progressive countries in terms of family support policies. This book, however, reveals a backdrop of diminished rights, inequalities and family violence in the lives of vulnerable lone mothers. If this is the case in Denmark, what is the situation in other countries, …
Shut Out
Low Income Mothers and Higher Education in Post-Welfare America
Av Valerie Polakow, Sandra S. Butler m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
1080 kr
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Documents the economic, educational, and existential struggles that single mothers in poverty confront in the current welfare climate.Shut Out portrays in vivid detail the economic, educational, and existential struggles that single mothers confront as they fight back against a welfare-to-work …
Shut Out
Low Income Mothers and Higher Education in Post-Welfare America
Av Valerie Polakow, Sandra S. Butler m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
390 kr
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Documents the economic, educational, and existential struggles that single mothers in poverty confront in the current welfare climate.Shut Out portrays in vivid detail the economic, educational, and existential struggles that single mothers confront as they fight back against a welfare-to-work …
Public Assault on America's Children
Poverty, Violence and Juvenile Injustice
Häftad, 2000
302 kr
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Does our society care about its children? This provocative and in-depth examination of violence in the lives of children uncovers the conditions and social policies that perpetuate violence. In addition, this volume forces us to look at other forms of violence confronting children in families, …
Who Cares for Our Children?
The Child Care Crisis in the Other America
Häftad, 2007
294 kr
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Lack of access to affordable high quality child care is frequently the tipping point that catapults a family into poverty, joblessness, and homelessness - a constant threat to the well-being of women and children. Polakow spent a year traveling around the country listening to low-income women from …
