| A Revolution in Family Policy: Where We Should Go from Here Contributor(s): Henricson, Clem (Author) |
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ISBN: 144730053X ISBN-13: 9781447300533 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $39.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family |
| Dewey: 306.85 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.50 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book offers a radical rethink of family policy in the UK. Clem Henricson, the family policy expert, analyses in detail the major shift in the role of the state viz a viz personal relationships in recent years, with its aspirations to reduce child poverty, increase social mobility and deliver social cohesion.Brought in by New Labour and carried forward, albeit in diluted form, by the Coalition, Henricson asks whether this philosophy of social betterment through manipulating the parent-child relationship is appropriate for family policy. She challenges the thinking behind the expectation that you can change a highly unequal society through the family route.Instead the argument is made for a family policy with its own raison d'etre, free of other government agendas. A premium is set on the need to manage the multiple core tensions in families of affection, empathy and supportiveness on the one hand and aggression, deception and self interest on the other. A set of coherent support and control polices for family relations are developed which endorse this awareness and embrace a fundamental shift in perspective for future progressive governments. |
Contributor Bio(s): Henricson, Clem: - Clem Henricson is an honorary visiting research fellow at the University of East Anglia, member of the Oxford Centre for Research into Parenting and Children, and the former director of research and policy at the National Family and Parenting Institute. She is the author of The Child and Family Policy Divide. |