Troublemakers: The Construction of 'Troubled Families' as a Social Problem

ISBN-13: 9781447334743 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 224 str.

Stephen Crossley

Opis

Paving the way for a government to fulfil its responsibility to families, this authoritative and critical account of the Troubled Families Programme reveals the inconsistencies and contradictions within it, and issues of deceit and malpractice in its operation.

Spis treści

Introduction; The ‘ong and undistinguished pedigree; The opening of a policy window; The 'evolution’ of the programme; The responsibility deficit; This thing called family intervention; Street-level perspectives; Research: help or hindrance?; ‘Nothing to hide’?