The Feminization of Poverty: Only in America?
The Feminization of Poverty: Only in America?
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贫困女性化：仅在美国？
DOI：
10.2307/2152153
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发表时间：
1990
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通讯作者：
E. Kremen
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作者：
G. Goldberg;E. Kremen
这项研究提出的问题是，贫困的女性化，即妇女及其家庭成为穷人中的大多数的趋势，是否是美国特有的现象。七个工业化国家，包括资本主义和社会主义，对社会福利的承诺程度不同：加拿大、日本、法国、瑞典、波兰、苏联和美国。在每个国家，作者分析了有关妇女劳动力市场条件、平等政策、社会福利计划和人口变量的信息。这是第一本采用跨国方法深入了解工业化世界贫穷妇女人数日增问题并考虑美国妇女反贫穷政策和战略的书。（节选）
This study asks whether the feminization of poverty the tendency of women and their families to become the majority of the poor is a phenomenon unique to the United States. Seven industrialized nations both capitalist and socialist with different degrees of commitment to social welfare are compared: Canada Japan France Sweden Poland the Soviet Union and the United States. In each of the countries the authors analyze information about women labor market conditions equalization policies social welfare programs and demographic variables. This is the first book which uses a cross-national approach to gain an in-depth understanding of the feminization of poverty in the industrialized world and to consider anti-poverty policy and strategies for women in the United States. (EXCERPT)