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Troublemakers : the construction of 'troubled families' as a social problem / Stephen Crossley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crossley, Stephen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poor families.
- Great Britain--Social policy.
- Great Britain.
- Social policy.
- Great Britain. Troubled Families Programme.
- Poor families--Services for--Great Britain.
- Family policy--Great Britain.
- Family policy.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 217 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2018.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: 'Looking for trouble' 1
- 2 The 'long and undistinguished pedigree' 21
- 3 The opening of a policy window 41
- 4 The evolution of the Troubled Families Programme 63
- 5 'The responsibility deficit' 83
- 6 'This thing called family intervention...' 99
- 7 Street-level perspectives 119
- 8 Research: 'help or hindrance'? 141
- 9 'Nothing to hide': the structural duplicity of the Troubled Families Programme 163.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1447334728
- 9781447334729
- 1447334744
- 9781447334743
- OCLC:
- 1006309688
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