Poverty Reduction and Welfare Provision for Single Parents in Aotearoa/ New Zealand and the United States
- A Comparative Analysis



Abstract

In 1999, UNICEF reported that countries which have the most generous welfare provision, have the lowest rates of child poverty and that children who live in sole parent families are more likely to live in poverty (Bradbury & Jantti, 1999). This paper will look at child poverty in New Zealand and the United States and at welfare provision for single parents. It will examine current global discourses around poverty reduction and whether this goal is likely to be achieved under these welfare programmes.

BACKGROUND – The Rise in Single Parents Since the 1960’s

After 1900, liberal economic governance and ‘industrialization’ in both the US and New Zealand eroded the extended family in favour of a male breadwinner, ‘nuclear’ family as a mobile, flexible, cost effective work unit (Hale, 1990). Following the civil rights......

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Title: Poverty Reduction And Welfare Provision For Single Parents In Aotearoa/ New Zealand And The United States
Approximate Word Count: 4023
Approximate Pages: 17 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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