| When Children Become Parents: Welfare State Responses to Teenage Pregnancy Contributor(s): Daguerre, Anne (Editor), Nativel, Corinne (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1861346786 ISBN-13: 9781861346780 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: Teenage parenthood is recognized as a significant disadvantage in western industrialized nations. It has been found to increase the likelihood of poverty and to reinforce inequalities. This book explores, for the first time, the links between welfare state provision and teenage reproductive behavior across a range of countries with differing welfare regimes. The book provides the reader with unique insights in public attitudes towards teenage sex and early parenthood, drawing on both welfare state and feminist literature, as well as on new empirical evidence. It compares public policy responses to teenage parenthood in each 'family' of welfare regime. The countries included in this study are: the UK, US, New Zealand, France, Italy, Poland, Denmark, Norway, the Province of Quebec, and Russia. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Adult Children Of Substance Abusers - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Children's Studies |
| Dewey: 362.829 |
| LCCN: 2007297533 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.85 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Teenage parenthood is recognised as a significant disadvantage in western industrialised nations. It has been found to increase the likelihood of poverty and to reinforce inequalities. This book explores, for the first time, the links between welfare state provision and teenage reproductive behaviour across a range of countries with differing welfare regimes. Drawing on both welfare state and feminist literature, as well as on new empirical evidence, the book compares public policy responses to teenage parenthood in each 'family' of welfare regime: Nordic, Liberal and Continental (Western European); analyses the different socio-political contexts in which teenage pregnancy is constructed as a social problem and identifies best practice in Europe and the USA. Countries included in the study are the UK, USA, New Zealand, France, Italy, Poland, Denmark, Norway, the Canadian province of Quebec and Russia. The contributors are all internationally recognised experts in the fields of welfare and/or gender studies. When children become parents is important reading for a wide audience of students, policy makers, practitioners and academics in sociology, social policy, social geography, education, psychology, and youth and gender studies. |
Contributor Bio(s): Daguerre, Anne: - Anne Daguerre is a senior lecturer at Middlesex University, London, and an alumna of the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC. |