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Single Mothers and the Dilemmas of Universal Social Policies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1997

PAULINE STOLTZ
PAULINE STOLTZ
Affiliation:
Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University Centre, Aalborg, Denmark and Department of Political Science, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden
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Abstract

Danish social policies have a gender neutral approach, combined with an aim of autonomy for individuals and a system of universal social policies. This approach has moved Denmark away from the use of moral regulation of single mothers and a strong male income earner model in social policy. It has highlighted men's roles as fathers, as well as women's roles as workers and has therefore a lot of advantages. Problems do occur though when the obligation to work or to be a parent in reality differs for men and for women; this becomes clear when we focus on single parents.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Social Policy , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , October 1997 , pp. 425 - 443
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press

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