Family futures : childhood and poverty in urban neighbourhoods / Anne Power, Helen Willmot, and Rosemary Davidson.

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Power, Anne

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: CASE studies on poverty, place, and policyPublication details: Bristol ; Portland : Policy Press, 2011.Description: viii, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

184742970X (pbk.)
9781847429704 (pbk.) :
9781847429728
1847429726

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DDC classification:

362.509173/2 23

LOC classification:

HV697 .P69 2011

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Contents:

Family roles in community matters -- Schools in communities -- Young people, space, facilities and activities -- Preventive policing, community safety and community confidence -- Family health and neighbourhood conditions -- Families move into work : skills, training and tax credits -- Housing and regeneration -- How the areas are changing.

Summary: Family futures is about family life in areas of concentrated poverty and social problems where surrounding conditions make bringing up children more difficult and family life is more fraught and limited. This book is based on a longitudinal study of more than 200 families interviewed annually over the last decade. It answers three important questions in the works of families themselves: What challenges face families in poor areas? How are the challenges being met? Have government efforts helped or hindered progress over the past decade?--From cover, [p]. 4.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Chinhoyi University of Technology Libraries	Chinhoyi University of Technology Libraries	HV 697 POW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.040094	Available		BK0046617

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Family futures is about family life in areas of concentrated poverty and social problems where surrounding conditions make bringing up children more difficult and family life is more fraught and limited. This book is based on a longitudinal study of more than 200 families interviewed annually over the last decade. It answers three important questions in the works of families themselves: What challenges face families in poor areas? How are the challenges being met? Have government efforts helped or hindered progress over the past decade?--From cover, [p]. 4.

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