Families and Poverty: Everyday Life on a Low Income

by Grace Kelly, Mary Daly, Mary Daly

Book Overview

The recent radical cutbacks of the welfare state in the United Kingdom have kept poverty and income management at the heart of intellectual, public, and policy discourse. This innovative book adds to that conversation, taking as its focus the role and significance of family in the context of poverty and low-income conditions. Based on a micro-level study carried out in 2011 and 2012 with fifty-one families in Northern Ireland, it draws from fresh...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447318838
• ISBN13: 9781447318835
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"