Women-Headed Households : Diversity and Dynamics in the Developing World
Sylvia. Chant
Bok Engelsk 1997 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Basingstoke : : Palgrave Macmillan, , 1997.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (349 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Why Women-Headed Households?; 2 Conceptual Context and Core Debates; 3 Women-Headed Households in Global Perspective; 4 Women-Headed Households and Development; 5 Mexico, Costa Rica and the Philippines: National Perspectives; 6 Female Headship and the Urban Poor: Case Study Perspectives; 7 Victims or Survivors?; 8 Growing Up in Women-Headed Households; 9 Whither Women-Headed Households? Directions for Theory, Research and Policy; Bibiliography; Index. - Households headed by women are a growing presence worldwide. This is the first book to focus on their diversity and dynamics in developing countries. Set within the context of global trends and debates on female household headship, and using case-study material based on interviews with low-income women in Mexico, Costa Rica and the Philippines, the ANALYSIS explores the reasons for the formation and increase in women-headed households in different parts of the world, and their capacity for survival in societies where male-headed households are both the norm and ideal.
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| ISBN | 0312172427. - 0333640675. - 0333640683
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