City survivors : bringing up children in disadvantaged neighbourhoods /

This book provides a unique insider view on the impact of neighbourhood conditions on family life and explores the prospects for families from the point of view of equality, integration, schools, work, community, regeneration and public services.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Power, Anne
Collectivité auteur: Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Bristol : Policy Press, 2007.
Collection:CASE studies on poverty, place, and policy.
Sujets:
Poor children > England > Longitudinal studies.
Poor families > Social aspects > England > Longitudinal studies.
Urban poor > England > Longitudinal studies.
Inner cities > Social aspects > England > Longitudinal studies.
Community-based child welfare > England > Longitudinal studies.
City children > England > Longitudinal studies.
Children with social disabilities > England > Longitudinal studies.
Enfants pauvres > Angleterre > Études longitudinales.
Familles pauvres > Aspect social > Angleterre > Études longitudinales.
Pauvres en milieu urbain > Angleterre > Études longitudinales.
Enfants en milieu urbain > Angleterre > Études longitudinales.
Enfants socialement défavorisés > Angleterre > Études longitudinales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Children's Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Children with social disabilities.
City children.
Community-based child welfare.
Inner cities > Social aspects.
Poor children.
Urban poor.
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Social Sciences.
Social Welfare & Social Work - General.
Child & Youth Development.
England.
Longitudinal studies.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • City survivors; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction
  • city survivors; 2. Neighbourhoods matter
  • is it the people or the place?; 3. Community matters
  • survival and instincts in social animals; 4. Families matter
  • mothers carry the weight; 5. Parenting matters
  • pushing for kids; 6. Incomers and locals
  • a shrinking pot?; 7. City survival within precarious communities
  • who pays the price of change?; 8. Conclusion
  • cities need families; Appendix 1: Methods; Appendix 2a: Summary of characteristics of the 24 families whose stories we tell.

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