This timely text provides a constructively critical analysis of contemporary debates and developments around family support. It draws from a range of sources, including the author's own research, to demonstrate why feminist insights are needed to understand the changing lives of men, women and children today. It offers new insights to debates around policy and practice in family support and is core reading for students and practitioners working with families.
The insight that feminist analysis can add to this debate has until now been under represented and neglected
Opens up debates about alternative possibilities for policy and practice
Presents a clear and uptodate balance of theoretical and empirical material
Brid Featherstone
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