Surviving Divorce: Women's Resources After Separation (women In Society: A Feminist List)

Divorce leads to serious long-term economic problems for women with children. This book looks at the strategies women have developed for coping with these problems, in putting together an income package from earnings, maintenance and welfare. Recent research from America, France and the UK is reported describing the very different approaches in these countries, and how women are relying to different degrees on the labour market, the remarriage market and the public purse. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Introduction Women and their money after divorce....Pages 1-7 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Family change and economic tensions: the role of law....Pages 11-32 Negotiating an income: women as economic actors....Pages 33-45 Employment: the way forward?....Pages 46-59 Front Matter....Pages 61-61 Remarriage: the American example....Pages 65-81 Welfare accounting: the UK experience....Pages 82-94 Employers’ attitudes....Pages 95-112 Family policy: work, welfare and family life — the French partnership....Pages 113-127 Ways and means....Pages 128-138 Back Matter....Pages 139-151 A presentation of the economic realities for women who are either separated or divorced, together with the possible options for economic survival. The author discusses remarriage, welfare and employment and presents studies based on the British, American and French experience. Mavis Maclean. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 139-144) And Index.