| Description |
ix, 283 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-267) and index. |
| Contents |
Parenting and Public Assistance -- Family Shelter Environments -- Parental Rights and the Protection of Children -- Shelter Rules -- Individualized and Standardized Service -- The Paradox of Self-Sufficiency: Building Community and Interdependence -- We Need a Revolution. |
| Summary |
Annotation When parents must rely on public assistance and family shelters to provide for their children's most basic needs, they lose autonomy. Within a system of public assistance that already stigmatizes and isolates its beneficiaries, their family lives become subject to public scrutiny and criticism. They are parenting in public. This book is an in-depth examination of the realities of life for parents and their children in family shelters. The author uses the Massachusetts family shelter system to explore the impact of asset and deficit-oriented help-giving approaches as they are experienced by mothers and service providers. The format of the book is unique. Following each chapter are the "reflections" of a mother who has parented in a shelter, a front-line worker, and a shelter director. The author and contributors propose a "Power With" policy and practice framework that runs counter to the prevailing "Power Over" cultural policy trends. Contributors include Rosa Clark, Brenda Farrell, Deborah Gray, Michele Kahan, Margaret A. Leonard, Mary T. Lewis, Nancy Schwoyer, and Elizabeth Ward. |
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Homeless families -- United States.
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Homeless families -- Government policy -- United States.
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Shelters for the homeless -- United States.
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Social work with the homeless -- United States.
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Family social work -- United States.
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Family social work. (OCoLC)fst00920516
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Homeless families. (OCoLC)fst00959441
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Homeless families -- Government policy.
(OCoLC)fst00959442
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Shelters for the homeless. (OCoLC)fst01115772
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Social work with the homeless. (OCoLC)fst01123554
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Familienpolitik.
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Obdachlosigkeit.
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Obdachlosenhilfe.
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United States.
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| Added Author |
Clark, Rosa.
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| ISBN |
0231111053 (pbk.) |
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0231111045 (cl) |
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9780231111041 (cl) |
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0231111053 (pa) |
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9780231111058 (pa) |
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