Families and Poverty : Everyday Life on a Low Income /

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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 therelationship between f...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteurs principaux: Daly, Mary, 1952- (auteur.), Kelly, G. (Grace) (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2015.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Poor families > Northern Ireland > Social conditions > 21st century.
Low-income parents > Northern Ireland.
Low-income parents > Social networks > Northern Ireland.
Families > Economic aspects > Northern Ireland.
Livres numeriques.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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: Detailsof response rate and equivalisation of income.

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