Changing Families
Family Centres and the Welfare State
1st Edition
Published on 15. August 2017
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-138-46754-5 (ISBN)
Description
This is a case study of the shifting boundary between family and state in Britain from the mid 1970s to 1990. The book describes a variety of family centres and shows how they have responded to the crises in child welfare and social work. The book also considers the issues of gender in policy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-46754-5 (9781138467545)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Book
09/1992
1st Edition
Prentice-Hall
€64.60
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Person
Crescy Cannan University of Sussex
Content
Chapter 1 The Family and the State; Chapter 2 Family Centres Observed; Chapter 3 Roots of Family Centres; Chapter 4 Roots of Family Centres; Chapter 5 Social Work and Family Centres; Chapter 6 Towards Good Practice in Family Centres; Chapter 7 New Family Policies;