Family futures
Subtitle: childhood and poverty in urban neighbourhoods
By: Anne Power, Helen Willmot, and Rosemary Davidson
Contributors: Willmot, Helen; Davidson, Rosemary
Series: CASE studies on poverty, place and policy; CASE studies on poverty, place, and policy
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Bristol; Portland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781847429704; 9781847429728
Subjects: Families; Poor families; Longitudinal studies; Services for; Urban poor; Poor children
Description: Family futures is about family life in areas of concentrated poverty and social problems where surrounding conditions make bringing up children more difficult and family life is more fraught and limited. This book is based on a longitudinal study of more than 200 families interviewed annually over the last decade. It answers three important questions in the works of families themselves: What challenges face families in poor areas? How are the challenges being met? Have government efforts helped or hindered progress over the past decade?--From cover, [p]. 4.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Family roles in community matters; title: Schools in communities; title: Young people, space, facilities and activities; title: Preventive policing, community safety and community confidence; title: Family health and neighbourhood conditions; title: Families move into work : skills, training and tax credits; title: Housing and regeneration; title: How the areas are changing.