Single Parent Families: Canadian Research and Policy Implications

The single parent family is an increasingly frequent family form in all western societies. Single Parent Families is an important new book that presents and synthesizes current research about the single parent family and identifies the economic and social policy implications. This book is an ideal text for courses in the sociology of the family and for use in social work and family studies programs at colleges and universities. It is also an invaluable resource for policy makers, students of public policy, and academics with an interest in the single parent family.