Good Enough Mothering? Feminist Perspectives on Lone Motherhood

Abstract

1. Good Enough Mothering? Editor's Introduction Elizabeth Bortolaia Silva 2. The Transformation of Mothering Elizabeth Bortolaia Silva 3. Deconstructing Motherhood Carol Smart 4. Mothering and Social Responsibilities in a Cross-Cultural Perspective Henrietta L. Moore 5. Diversity in Patterns of Parenting and Household Formation Carolyn Baylis 6. Mothers, Workers or Wives? Policy approaches to supporting lone mothers in comparative perspective Jane Millar 7. Rational Economic Man or Lone Mothers in Context? The uptake of paid work Rosalind Edwards and Simon Duncan 8. Parental Responsibility: The reassertion of private patriachy? Lorraine M. Fox Harding 9. Social Anxieties About Lone Motherhood and Ideologies of the Family: Two sides of the same coin Mary McIntosh 10. Debates on Disruption: What happens to the children of lone parents? Louie Burghes 11. Social Constructions of Lone Motherhood: A case of competing discourses Ann Phoenix 12. Unpalatable Choices and Inadequate Families: Lone mothers and the underclass debate Sasha Roseneil and Kirk Mann