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Family futures: Childhood and poverty in urban neighbourhoods (CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy)
Family futures Childhood and poverty in urban neighbourhoods - CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy Author:Anne Power, Helen Willmot, Rosemary Davidson This book is about family life in areas of concentrated poverty and social problems - areas where it is difficult to bring up children and where surrounding conditions make family life more fraught and more difficult. The book is based on a long-run UK study of neighborhood conditions as they affect parents raising their children. The book draws... more » on the lives of 200 families that the authors interviewed annually over a 10 year period. It examines the future prospects of families living in low income urban areas that suffer multiple problems of deprivation. It provides a unique insight into: what families need, what works and doesn't work, what helps or hinders, what is left to do, and which new approaches may be helpful. (Series: CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy)« less