Full Description
For Richer, For Poorer provides a new perspective on the impact of divorce on women. Based on interviews with a random sample of divorced mothers, this book identifies their real concerns: inadequate resources from their ex-husbands and the state, and unequal social policies. Presenting accounts of how they manage the divorce process, divorced women of diverse background describe their attempts to rebuild their own lives and those of their families. Demie Kurz proposes a reversal of policies which penalize the single-parent family by failing to provide mothers and children with adequate resources.
Contents
1: Introduction; 2: Understanding Divorce and Divorced Women; 3: How Marriages End; 4: Coping with Divorce; 5: Dividing Resources; 6: Mothers Negotiate for Custody and Visitation; 7: Women and Children at Divorce; 8: Conclusion
