Objective In every EC country the number of lone mothers is increasing and this is one of the most significant social changes. Current debates around the issue of lone motherhood are incorporated into the framework of welfare state theories. These theories are being criticised because they either ignore gender, are not differentiating enough between EC member states, are too behaviouristic or measure only quantifiable characteristics. I propose to overcome the gaps in these theories by taking a gendered and ethnographic approach by studying Ireland's lone mothers who have most distinguishing characteristics. Lone mother's own negotiating process in relation to motherhood and paid employment will be researched. By comparing the outcomes with my previous research into lone motherhood in Germany and Britain interrelations between different social policies and lone mothers attitudes and behaviour will be found. The aim of the research is to form a more differentiated, interactive and gendered welfare state theory which can assist social policy makers. Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemployment Programme(s) FP4-TMR - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 0302 - Post-doctoral research training grants TS03 - Sociology Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme RGI - Research grants (individual fellowships) Coordinator University College Dublin Address Belfield 4 Dublin Ireland See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Not available Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address See on map
