"Drawing comparisons with welfare reform rhetoric and realities in the UK and USA, this powerful book makes a critical contribution to cross-national social policy and child and family literature." Beth Swadener, Early Childhood Education, Kent State University, USA "This compelling volume contributes important voices and richly contextualised narrative data to a growing cross-national literature on lone mothers, children and the ... Read morestate." Beth Swadener, Early Childhood "I highly recommend this book to all policy-makers, academics and practitioners interested in an international perspective of lone-mother families." International Social Work "This is a powerful book ... an important book that says some very useful things about Danish social policy." Contemporary Sociology "Diminished rights is an exciting book ... It will be essential reading for policy makers, workers in welfare and childcare as well as scholars in this field." Ann Phoenix, Department of Psychology, Open University "The findings of this research are highly informative, topical and relevant to the UK. The book should be recommended reading on social work training courses across the country." Maureen Marsh, Barnardo's, Lawrence Weston Family Centre, Bristol "... a penetrating study ... Diminished rights is an important account for Europeans and North Americans who study, work in, and inhabit welfare states, and for everyone concerned with the well-being of single mothers and their children." Peggy Kahn, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan-Flint, USA Show Less