Contextualizing the Health of Low Income Single Mothers: Employability, Assistance, Gender and Citizenship

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dc.contributor.authorHudson, Amy
dc.contributor.supervisorPenning, M.
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-24T22:14:22Z
dc.date.available2015-02-15T12:22:05Z
dc.date.copyright2014en_US
dc.date.issued2014-04-24
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Sociology
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn Canada, the growth and intensity of neo-liberal governance and philosophy, which includes idealizing a self-sufficient and independent citizenry continues to inform public policies at the federal and provincial levels. These policies, in turn, have implications for individuals’ health and well-being. Health implications are further visible and intensified along gender, class and ethnic lines. In this study, in-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with eight low income single mothers who had been affected by employment and assistance policies and regulations in British Columbia. The findings revealed the ways in which these women were affected by neo-liberal policy initiatives that held them individually accountable and responsible for managing their life circumstances in order to achieve the expectations bestowed upon them as citizens. It also revealed the inequalities that existed at the intersection of gender, class and ethnicity. The findings point to the need to address the policy barriers that confront lone mothers.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0630en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0628en_US
dc.description.proquestemailamyh@uvic.caen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/5274
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/*
dc.subjectNeo-liberalismen_US
dc.subjectWomen's healthen_US
dc.subjectSocial Policyen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectClassen_US
dc.subjectEthnicityen_US
dc.subjectCitizenshipen_US
dc.titleContextualizing the Health of Low Income Single Mothers: Employability, Assistance, Gender and Citizenshipen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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