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Family Troubles?: Exploring Changes and Challenges in the Family Lives of Children and Young People
J Ribbens McCarthy
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Description for Family Troubles?: Exploring Changes and Challenges in the Family Lives of Children and Young People
Paperback. In this important, timely and thought-provoking publication, a wide range of contributors explore how "troubles" feature in "normal" families, and how the "normal" features in "troubled" families. Editor(s): Ribbens McCarthy, Jane; Hooper, Carol-Ann; Gillies, Val. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 654.
As the everyday family lives of children and young people come to be increasingly defined as matters of public policy and concern, it is important to raise the question of how we can understand the contested terrain between “normal” family troubles and troubled and troubling families. In this important, timely and thought-provoking publication, a wide range of contributors explore how “troubles” feature in “normal” families, and how the “normal” features in “troubled” families. Drawing on research on a wide range of substantive topics - including infant care, sibling conflict, divorce, disability, illness, migration and asylum-seeking, substance misuse, violence, kinship care, ... Read more
As the everyday family lives of children and young people come to be increasingly defined as matters of public policy and concern, it is important to raise the question of how we can understand the contested terrain between “normal” family troubles and troubled and troubling families. In this important, timely and thought-provoking publication, a wide range of contributors explore how “troubles” feature in “normal” families, and how the “normal” features in “troubled” families. Drawing on research on a wide range of substantive topics - including infant care, sibling conflict, divorce, disability, illness, migration and asylum-seeking, substance misuse, violence, kinship care, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Policy Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447304449
SKU
V9781447304449
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About J Ribbens McCarthy
Dr Jane Ribbens McCarthy is Reader in Family Studies, in the Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) at the Open University. Her research interests and publications focus on families and relationships, particularly children and young people’s family lives, including their experiences of bereavement and loss. Val Gillies is Professor of Social Policy/Criminology at the University of Westminster. She researches ... Read more
Reviews for Family Troubles?: Exploring Changes and Challenges in the Family Lives of Children and Young People
"This brilliant book provides a wealth of insights that make it essential reading for academics and students across the social sciences, and for policy makers and practitioners." Harry Ferguson, Professor of Social Work, University of Nottingham