Poor women in rich countries : the feminization of poverty over the life course /
Goldberg, Gertrude S.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
2010.
Revisiting the feminization of poverty in cross-national perspective / Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg -- Sweden : the feminization of poverty? / Diane Sainsbury and Ann Morissens -- Feminization of poverty in France : a latent issue / Claude Martin -- Germany : poverty as a risk for women deviating from the male breadwinner norm / Ute Klammer -- The United Kingdom : the feminization of poverty? / Jane Millar -- Women's poverty in Canada : cross-currents in an ebbing tide / Patricia Evans -- The Italian case / Enrica Morlicchio and Elena Spinelli -- Feminization of poverty in Japan : a special case? / Kimiko Kimoto and Kumiko Hagiwara -- Feminization of poverty in the United States : any surprises? / Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg -- Summary, synthesis, and conclusions, part 1 : the poverty of lone women, their diversity, and income sources / Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg -- Summary, synthesis, and conclusions, part 2 : government policies for lone women / Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Poor women
Women heads of households
Poverty