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Author Daly, Mary, 1952- author.

Title Families and poverty : everyday life on a low income / Mary Daly and Grace Kelly
Published Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (v, 234 pages)
Series Studies in poverty, inequality and social exclusion
Contents Introduction -- Introducing the respondents -- Family life through an economic lens -- The construction, possibilities and limits of family in conditions of poverty and low income -- Parents and their children -- Wider family relationships and support -- Social networks and local engagement -- Representing self and family -- The policy context and the implications of the findings -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Interview schedule -- Appendix B: Details of response rate and equivalisation of income
Summary The central interest of this innovative book is the role and significance of family in a context of poverty and low-income. Based on a micro-level study carried out in 2011 and 2012 with 51 families in Northern Ireland, it offers new empirical evidence and a theorisation of the relationship between family life and poverty
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed June 11, 2015)
Subject Poor families -- Northern Ireland -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Families -- Economic aspects -- Northern Ireland
Low-income parents -- Northern Ireland
Low-income parents -- Social networks -- Northern Ireland
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness.
Families -- Economic aspects
Low-income parents
Northern Ireland
Genre/Form Electronic books
e-books.
Livres numériques.
Form Electronic book
Author Kelly, G. (Grace), author.
ISBN 9781447318859
1447318854
9781447318866
1447318862
1336194774
9781336194779