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Family Troubles?: Exploring Changes and Challenges in the Family Lives of Children and Young People
Author(s): Jane Ribbens McCarthy (Editor), Carol-Ann Hooper (Editor), Val Gillies (Editor)
- Publisher: Policy Press
- Publication Date: November 1, 2014
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 320 pages
- ISBN-10: 1447304446
- ISBN-13: 9781447304449
Book Description
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, and forced marriage – the contributors aim to promote dialogue between researchers addressing mainstream family change and diversity in everyday lives, and those specialising in specific problems which prompt professional interventions. In tackling these contentious and difficult issues across a variety of topics, the book addresses a wide audience, including policy makers, service users and practitioners, as well as family studies scholars more generally who are interested in issues of family change.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“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, University of Nottingham, UK
“A wealth of insightful essays, the book is filled with careful reflection of the process of change . . . in the everyday lives of children and young people.” ―
British Journal of Social Work“Whether you currently work within social work, health, education, or another agency, there is something for everyone within this book.” — Jayne Smith, nurse advisor, Child Protection, NHS Fife ―
Child Abuse ReviewAbout the Author
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 in the area of family, social class, marginalised children and young people, and historical comparative analysis.
