Fathering and Poverty: Uncovering Men’s Participation in Low-Income Family Life

Front Cover -- 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 Anna Tarrant. The Dynamics Of Men's Family Lives: Conceptualising Family Participation. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.