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Fathering and Poverty: Uncovering Men's Participation in Low- Income Family Life
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Dedication
Table of contents
List of figures and tables
List of abbreviations
About the author
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction: Fathering, poverty, families and policy
'Dad deprivation': the current state of policy and public debate
Contemporary fatherhoods: Unpicking father absence and presence
The absent presence of low-income men
Alternative stories?
The absence of low-income fathers in qualitative research
Researching the family participation of men in low-income contexts
A new direction for debate and an overview of the book
2 Low-income fatherhoods in historical and political context
Histories of low-income fatherhood: culture versus conduct
The hyper-visibility of low-income fathers in contemporary social policy and welfare contexts
Austerity Britain: absent fathers, deprived localities
The (in)visibility of low-income fathers in social sciences research
Marginalisation processes and fathering practices
Men and contemporary family poverty
Concluding remarks
3 Theorising men's participation in low-income families
Qualitative longitudinal research: thinking dynamically
Families, caring masculinities and low-income life: a conceptual framework
Family dynamics, diversity and social change
Changing gender relations
Theorising masculinities and fatherhoods in transition
Masculinities and the doing of kinship
Theorising low-income family life and local ties
Concluding remarks
4 Supporting men in low-income contexts: practitioner observations
Low-income family interdependencies on services
Researching with service providers and support professionals
A brief note on the city as context
Formal agencies
Voluntary and third sector agencies
Knowledge-exchange workshop
Concluding remarks
5 Men's caring arrangements and family trajectories
Diverse caring arrangements
Young fathers
Lone-father caring arrangements
Social fathering and wider familial care practices
Non-resident arrangements
Lone, mid-life fatherhood
Older male carers and grandfathers
Concluding remarks
6 Familial economic circumstances and provisioning practices
Reconciling earning and caring
Managing 'shocks', and strategies for getting by
Welfare trajectories and processes
Child maintenance policy and processes
Securing appropriate housing
Anticipated welfare futures
Concluding remarks
7 Men's family participation in low-income urban neighbourhoods
A contextual description of the locality
Immersion in life at the community centre
Capturing locality-based resources: walking photovoice
Concluding remarks
8 Conclusion: Men's family participation in low-income contexts
The contributions of MPLC
Fathering and Poverty: Uncovering Men's Participation in Low- Income Family Life
Copyright information
Dedication
Table of contents
List of figures and tables
List of abbreviations
About the author
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction: Fathering, poverty, families and policy
'Dad deprivation': the current state of policy and public debate
Contemporary fatherhoods: Unpicking father absence and presence
The absent presence of low-income men
Alternative stories?
The absence of low-income fathers in qualitative research
Researching the family participation of men in low-income contexts
A new direction for debate and an overview of the book
2 Low-income fatherhoods in historical and political context
Histories of low-income fatherhood: culture versus conduct
The hyper-visibility of low-income fathers in contemporary social policy and welfare contexts
Austerity Britain: absent fathers, deprived localities
The (in)visibility of low-income fathers in social sciences research
Marginalisation processes and fathering practices
Men and contemporary family poverty
Concluding remarks
3 Theorising men's participation in low-income families
Qualitative longitudinal research: thinking dynamically
Families, caring masculinities and low-income life: a conceptual framework
Family dynamics, diversity and social change
Changing gender relations
Theorising masculinities and fatherhoods in transition
Masculinities and the doing of kinship
Theorising low-income family life and local ties
Concluding remarks
4 Supporting men in low-income contexts: practitioner observations
Low-income family interdependencies on services
Researching with service providers and support professionals
A brief note on the city as context
Formal agencies
Voluntary and third sector agencies
Knowledge-exchange workshop
Concluding remarks
5 Men's caring arrangements and family trajectories
Diverse caring arrangements
Young fathers
Lone-father caring arrangements
Social fathering and wider familial care practices
Non-resident arrangements
Lone, mid-life fatherhood
Older male carers and grandfathers
Concluding remarks
6 Familial economic circumstances and provisioning practices
Reconciling earning and caring
Managing 'shocks', and strategies for getting by
Welfare trajectories and processes
Child maintenance policy and processes
Securing appropriate housing
Anticipated welfare futures
Concluding remarks
7 Men's family participation in low-income urban neighbourhoods
A contextual description of the locality
Immersion in life at the community centre
Capturing locality-based resources: walking photovoice
Concluding remarks
8 Conclusion: Men's family participation in low-income contexts
The contributions of MPLC