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By Anne Daguerre, Corinne Nativel

Teenage parenthood is regarded as an important drawback in western industrialised countries. it's been came across to extend the possibility of poverty and to augment inequalities. This booklet explores, for the 1st time, the hyperlinks among welfare country provision and teen reproductive behaviour throughout quite a number nations with differing welfare regimes.Drawing on either welfare nation and feminist literature, in addition to on new empirical facts, the e-book compares public coverage responses to teenage parenthood in every one 'family' of welfare regime: Nordic, Liberal and Continental (Western European); analyses the several socio-political contexts within which teenage being pregnant is built as a social challenge and identifies most sensible perform in Europe and the USA.Countries incorporated within the examine are the united kingdom, united states, New Zealand, France, Italy, Poland, Denmark, Norway, the Canadian province of Quebec and Russia. The members are all across the world recognized specialists within the fields of welfare and/or gender studies."When teenagers develop into mom and dad" is necessary interpreting for a large viewers of scholars, coverage makers, practitioners and teachers in sociology, social coverage, social geography, schooling, psychology, and early life and gender studies.

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