Poverty, Public Assistance and Single Mothers
This article presents some of the perceptions and experiences of mothers on public assistance and their social workers in three countries—Norway, Russia and the US. Based on in-depth interviews in each country with social workers and the women, five themes emerged that will be presented here. The mo...
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doaj-fbc2aabef1984c57bf783c7167363dee2020-11-25T01:30:36ZengUniversity of StavangerJournal of Comparative Social Work0809-99362008-04-013132610.31265/jcsw.v3i1.3434Poverty, Public Assistance and Single MothersPamela A. BrownThis article presents some of the perceptions and experiences of mothers on public assistance and their social workers in three countries—Norway, Russia and the US. Based on in-depth interviews in each country with social workers and the women, five themes emerged that will be presented here. The mothers spoke of the inadequacy of economic support to meet their needs, a life of poverty that sometimes involved discrimination of them as mothers, and a loss of hope that their lives could be different. Two themes that stood out in the interviews with social workers was the lack of resources needed to help their clients and the dilemma faced as an agent of social welfare institutions balanced with being an advocate for the mothers’ needs.https://journals.uis.no/index.php/JCSW/article/view/34Social WorkSingle MothersLone ParentsPublic AssistanceNorwayRussiaUnited StatesComparative Research |
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Journal of Comparative Social Work |
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This article presents some of the perceptions and experiences of mothers on public assistance and their social workers in three countries—Norway, Russia and the US. Based on in-depth interviews in each country with social workers and the women, five themes emerged that will be presented here. The mothers spoke of the inadequacy of economic support to meet their needs, a life of poverty that sometimes involved discrimination of them as mothers, and a loss of hope that their lives could be different. Two themes that stood out in the interviews with social workers was the lack of resources needed to help their clients and the dilemma faced as an agent of social welfare institutions balanced with being an advocate for the mothers’ needs. |
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Social Work Single Mothers Lone Parents Public Assistance Norway Russia United States Comparative Research |
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