Parental rights and responsibilities

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-84742-091-6
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 644 g

This timely book examines parental rights to 'welfare state support' and parental responsibilities for child welfare in relation to recent social policy agendas pursued by the Labour government in the UK in the context of child well-being research, state welfare analysis and sociological research about parental perspectives and the multiple contexts of parenting and childhood. It calls for notions of parental rights and responsibilities which are more responsive to the diversity of parental perspectives and parenting contexts. The book is valuable reading for students, researchers and practitioners in social policy and child and family services.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Churchill, Harriet

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Familie, Kinder, Jugendliche
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Part one: The broader context: Conceptualising child, family and social well-being; Socio-economic change and social well-being trends; Children, families and welfare state restructuring; Part two: UK social policy developments 1997-2010; Welfare to work measures and financial support for families; Childcare and family-friendly employment policies; Parental and family support services; Part three: Research on parental perspectives: Parenthood and parenting in context; Negotiating work and family life; Part four: Policy implications: Conclusion: rights and responsibilities for child, family and social well-being.

Über Autor(innen)

Harriet Churchill is a Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Sheffield. Her research interests include family and childhood sociology, family and parental support, welfare state reform and family policy.