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 the relationship between...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Daly, Mary, 1952- (Author), Kelly, G. (Grace) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2015.
Series:Studies in poverty, inequality and social exclusion
Subjects:
2000-2099
Poor families > Northern Ireland > Social conditions > 21st century.
Families > Economic aspects > Northern Ireland.
Low-income parents > Northern Ireland.
Low-income parents > Social networks > Northern Ireland.
Familles pauvres > Irlande du Nord > Conditions sociales > 21e siècle.
Familles > Aspect économique > Irlande du Nord.
Parents à faible revenu > Irlande du Nord.
Parents à faible revenu > Réseaux sociaux > Irlande du Nord.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
Families > Economic aspects.
Low-income parents.
Northern Ireland.
Electronic books.
e-books.
Livres numériques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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