Families and poverty : everyday life on a low income

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Families and poverty : everyday life on a low income

Title remainder

everyday life on a low income

Statement of responsibility

Mary Daly and Grace Kelly

Creator

• Daly, Mary, 1952-

Contributor

• Kelly, G., (Grace)

Author

• Kelly, G., (Grace)

Subject

• Low-income parents -- Social networks -- Northern Ireland
• Families -- Economic aspects -- Northern Ireland
• Poor families -- Northern Ireland -- Social conditions -- 21st century
• Low-income parents -- Northern Ireland

Language

eng

Summary

The recent radical cutbacks of the welfare state in the United Kingdom have kept poverty and income management at the heart of intellectual, public, and policy discourse. This innovative book adds to that conversation, taking as its focus the role and significance of family in the context of poverty and low-income conditions. Based on a micro-level study carried out in 2011 and 2012 with fifty-one families in Northern Ireland, it draws from fresh empirical evidence to offer a new theorization of the relationship between family life and poverty. Different chapters explore such topics as parenting, the management of money, family support, and local engagement. Together, they detail the practices of constructing and managing family life and relationships in circumstances of poverty, making this book of interest to a wide readership including policy makers.--

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography