Life in the debt trap

Stories of children and families struggling with debt

Sorcha Mahony, Larissa Pople (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

136 Seiten

2018
Policy Press (Verlag)
978-1-4473-4109-3 (ISBN)

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The first hand stories in this book, collected through The Children's Society's campaign The Debt Trap, offer a unique understanding of life for families and children fighting a daily battle against poverty and debt.

Sorcha Mahony is a senior researcher at The Children’s Society and leads a unique research programme on the experiences of young people growing up in poverty. Larissa Pople is a senior researcher at The Children’s Society where she leads the charity’s groundbreaking children’s wellbeing research programme. The Children’s Society is a national charity that works with the most vulnerable children and young people in Britain today. We listen. We support. We act. Because no child should feel alone. www.childrenssociety.org.uk

Preface: The origins of the book
Introduction and methodological note
The journey
Isolation
Loss
Luxuries and necessities
Who cares?
The elephant in the room/consumerism
Guilt
The Others
Keeping up appearances
The child
The tyranny of the small things
Juggling
The downside of help
The debt premium
Dreams
The gift
Our participants
Concluding reflections

Erscheinungsdatum	11.07.2018
Verlagsort	Bristol
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-4473-4109-0 / 1447341090
ISBN-13	978-1-4473-4109-3 / 9781447341093
Zustand	Neuware