City survivors : bringing up children in disadvantaged neighbourhoods / Anne Power.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Power, Anne.

Contributor:

Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Series:

CASE studies on poverty, place, and policy

Case studies on poverty, place and policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor children--England--Longitudinal studies.

Poor children.

Poor families--Social aspects--England--Longitudinal studies.

Poor families.

Inner cities--Social aspects--England--Longitudinal studies.

Inner cities.

Community-based child welfare--England--Longitudinal studies.

Community-based child welfare.

City children--England--Longitudinal studies.

City children.

Children with social disabilities--England--Longitudinal studies.

Children with social disabilities.

Longitudinal method.

Inner cities--Social aspects.

Social aspects.

England.

Genre:

Longitudinal studies.

Physical Description:

v, 226 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2007.

Summary:

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.

These 24 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, incomers and locals, and the need for civic intervention.

The book offers original and in-depth qualitative evidence in a readable and accessible style that will be invaluable to policy makers, practitioners, university students, academics and general readers interested in the future of families in cities.

Contents:

1 Introduction - city survivors 1

2 Neighbourhoods matter - is it the people or the place? 17

Zoe's story - coping in spite of everything 17

Marissa's story - choosing the inner city 23

Annie's story - torn between local ties and the urge to escape 27

Peter's story - a neighbourhood that works 33

3 Community matters - survival and instincts in social animals 39

Phoebe's story - creating a sense of community 39

Sola's story - working on behalf of the community 46

Nadia's story - community means belonging 52

Becky's story - communities need links 60

4 Families matter - mothers carry the weight 67

Fatima's story - family relations can break down 67

Joyce's story - family roots are hard to break 74

Delilah's story - coping in small spaces 80

Olivia's story - overcoming family history 86

5 Parenting matters - pushing for kids 93

Flowella's story - moving away from trouble 93

Jane's story - when parenting goes wrong 101

Angela's story - pride in parenting 107

Ellie's story - a parent with broad shoulders 114

6 Incomers and locals - a shrinking pot? 121

Luiza's story - a divided sense of identity 121

Yonca's story - an outsider who cannot join in 129

Kali's story - a quietly determined refugee 136

Poonam's story - fitting in is a slow process 140

7 City survival within precarious communities - who pays the price of change? 147

Lesley's story - a disappearing community 147

Cynthia's story - a true survivor 153

Kamal's story - communities have untapped assets 161

Louise's story - helping hands in time of need 169

8 Conclusion - cities need families 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

9781847420503

1847420508

1847420494

9781847420497

OCLC:

166315438