商品簡介
This timely book examines parental rights to 'welfare state support' and parental responsibilities for child welfare in relation to recent social policy agendas pursued in the UK. The analysis of parental rights and responsibilities is informed by child well-being research, state welfare analysis and sociological research about parental perspectives and the multiple contexts of parenting and childhood. The book critically examines several major developments in parental rights and responsibilities in recent years. It calls for social policies to better recognise the diversity of parental perspectives, parenting contexts and family support needs as part of the broader agenda to promote social well-being. The book is valuable reading for students, researchers and practitioners in social policy and child and family services.
作者簡介
Harriet Churchill is a Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Sheffield. Her research interests include family and childhood sociology, family and parental support, welfare state reform and family policy.
