Children and Families at Promise: Deconstructing the Discourse of Risk

ISBN-13: 9780791422922 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 304 str.

Beth Blue Swadener; Sally Lubeck

Opis

This book critiques the currently popular "at-risk" construct, drawing from historical, contextual, critical, and personal perspectives. It provides an alternative context for viewing children and their families as "at-promise." A basic premise of the book is that the generalized use of the "at-risk" label is highly problematic and often implicitly racist and classist--a 1990s version of the cultural deficit model that locates problems in individuals, families, and communities, rather than in institutional structures that create and maintain inequality. This book provides a needed interrogation and alternative context for viewing children and families caught in the extreme conditions facing many families in the United States.