City survivors : bringing up children in disadvantaged neighbourhoods /
Power, Anne,
City survivors : bringing up children in disadvantaged neighbourhoods / Anne Power. - v, 226 pages ; 25 cm. - CASE studies on poverty, place, and policy . - CASE studies on poverty, place, and policy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: city survivors -- Neighbourhoods matter: is it the people or the place? -- Community matters: survival, instincts in social animals -- Families matter: mothers carry the weight -- Parenting matters: pushing for kids -- Incomers and locals: a shrinking pot? -- City survival within precarious communities: who pays the price of change? -- Conclusion: cities need families.
"Seen through the eyes of parents, mainly mothers, City survivors tells the eye-opening story of what it is like to bring up children in troubled city neighbourhoods. The book provides a unique insider view on the impact of neighbourhood conditions on family life and explores the prospects for families from the point of view of equality, integration, schools, work, community, regeneration and public services. City Survivors is based on yearly visits over seven years to two hundred families living in four highly disadvantaged city neighbourhoods, two in East London and two in Northern inner and outer city areas. Twenty four families, six from each area, explain over time from the inside, how neighbourhoods in and of themselves directly affect family survival. These twenty four stories convey powerful messages from parents about the problems they want tackled, and the things that would help them. The main themes explored in the book are neighbourhood, community, family, parenting, incomes and locals, the need for civic intervention. The book offers original and in-depth, qualitative evidence in a readable and accessible form that will be invaluable to policy-makers, practitioners, university students, academics and general readers interested in the future of families in cities."--Publisher.
1847420508 9781847420503 1847420494 9781847420497
2008378712
Poor children--England--Longitudinal studies
Poor families--Social aspects--England--Longitudinal studies
Urban poor--England--Longitudinal studies
Inner cities--Social aspects--England--Longitudinal studies
Community-based child welfare--England--Longitudinal studies
City children--England--Longitudinal studies
Children with social disabilities--England--Longitudinal studies
HQ792.G7 / P69 2007
305.23086940942
City survivors : bringing up children in disadvantaged neighbourhoods / Anne Power. - v, 226 pages ; 25 cm. - CASE studies on poverty, place, and policy . - CASE studies on poverty, place, and policy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: city survivors -- Neighbourhoods matter: is it the people or the place? -- Community matters: survival, instincts in social animals -- Families matter: mothers carry the weight -- Parenting matters: pushing for kids -- Incomers and locals: a shrinking pot? -- City survival within precarious communities: who pays the price of change? -- Conclusion: cities need families.
"Seen through the eyes of parents, mainly mothers, City survivors tells the eye-opening story of what it is like to bring up children in troubled city neighbourhoods. The book provides a unique insider view on the impact of neighbourhood conditions on family life and explores the prospects for families from the point of view of equality, integration, schools, work, community, regeneration and public services. City Survivors is based on yearly visits over seven years to two hundred families living in four highly disadvantaged city neighbourhoods, two in East London and two in Northern inner and outer city areas. Twenty four families, six from each area, explain over time from the inside, how neighbourhoods in and of themselves directly affect family survival. These twenty four stories convey powerful messages from parents about the problems they want tackled, and the things that would help them. The main themes explored in the book are neighbourhood, community, family, parenting, incomes and locals, the need for civic intervention. The book offers original and in-depth, qualitative evidence in a readable and accessible form that will be invaluable to policy-makers, practitioners, university students, academics and general readers interested in the future of families in cities."--Publisher.
1847420508 9781847420503 1847420494 9781847420497
2008378712
Poor children--England--Longitudinal studies
Poor families--Social aspects--England--Longitudinal studies
Urban poor--England--Longitudinal studies
Inner cities--Social aspects--England--Longitudinal studies
Community-based child welfare--England--Longitudinal studies
City children--England--Longitudinal studies
Children with social disabilities--England--Longitudinal studies
HQ792.G7 / P69 2007
305.23086940942