Parenting the Crisis The Cultural Politics of Parent-Blame |
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| Author:
| Jensen, Tracey |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4473-2505-5 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2018 |
| Publisher: | Bristol University Press
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| Imprint: | Policy Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $139.95 |
Book Description:
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This book examines how pathologising ideas of failing, chaotic and dysfunctional families create a powerful consensus that Britain is in the grip of a 'parent crisis' and are used to justify increasingly punitive state policies.
This book examines how pathologising ideas of failing, chaotic and dysfunctional families create a powerful consensus that Britain is in the grip of a 'parent crisis' and are used to justify increasingly punitive state policies.