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Author Wood, Tania

Title A Model Mother? Family Policy and Childrearing in Post-Devolution Scotland
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (293 pages)
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary This book explores childrearing approach as one of the prime sites of the reproduction of social inequality. During the latter half of the 2000s, UK and Scottish government policy placed increasing emphasis on the importance of parenting and the early years as factors likely to have an impact on health, education and employment outcomes. Between 2005 and 2008 - the timeframe considered by this study - a number of policy initiatives emerged which were intended to support ""better parenting"". Th ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Parenting -- Government policy -- Scotland
Child rearing -- Government policy -- Scotland
Social issues & processes.
Social research & statistics.
Social classes.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Scotland
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ISBN 9781443857383
1443857386
1443856010
9781443856010