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Troublemakers : The Construction of 'Troubled Families' as a Social Problem /
Paving the way for a government to fulfil its responsibility to families, this authoritative and critical account of the Troubled Families Programme reveals the inconsistencies and contradictions within it, and issues of deceit and malpractice in its operation.
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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BRISTOL :
POLICY Press,
2018.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Contents; List of acronyms; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: 'Looking for trouble'; Research approach; Muckraking sociology; The structure of the book; 2. The 'long and undistinguished pedigree'; Introduction; The long history; The more it changes ... ; 3. The opening of a policy window; Introduction; The emergence of 'troubled families'; The 2011 riots; The Troubled Families Programme; Conclusion; 4. The evolution of the Troubled Families Programme; Introduction; Phase 1 (2011-May 2015); Phase 2 (2015-20); The 'next phase' (2017-20); Discussion; 5. The 'responsibility deficit'
- IntroductionBeyond 'troubled families'; Rolling back support; Rolling out interventions; Conclusion: 'Learning to be poor'; 6. 'This thing called family intervention ... '; Introduction; The historical and International context; From Dundee to Westminster; Family Intervention in the Troubled Families Programme; Discussion; 7. Street-level perspectives; Introduction; Street-level bureaucracy; Street-level perspectives in the Troubled Families Programme; Conclusion; 8. Research: 'help or hindrance'?; Introduction; Researchers and the 'underclass'
- 'Joining the dots': research and 'troubled families'Misunderstanding 'troubled families'; 'No impact': the official evaluation of the first phase; Conclusion; 9. 'Nothing to hide': the structural duplicity of the Troubled Families Programme; Introduction; Obfuscation and evasion: a summary; Extraordinary workers; The relationship between family and worker; Turning families around; The 'structural duplicity' of the Troubled Families Programme; References; Index.