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Families and poverty : everyday life on a low income /

The central interest of this innovative book is the role and significance of family in a context of poverty and low-income. Based on a micro-level study carried out in 2011 and 2012 with 51 families in Northern Ireland, it offers new empirical evidence and a theorisation of the relationship between...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Daly, Mary, 1952- (Autor), Kelly, G. (Grace) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2015.
Colección:Studies in poverty, inequality and social exclusion
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Introducing the respondents
  • Family life through an economic lens
  • The construction, possibilities and limits of family in conditions of poverty and low income
  • Parents and their children
  • Wider family relationships and support
  • Social networks and local engagement
  • Representing self and family
  • The policy context and the implications of the findings
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Interview schedule
  • Appendix B: Details of response rate and equivalisation of income.