Governing Families : Problematising Technologies in Social Welfare and Criminal Justice Hardback
by Rosalind (University of Southampton, UK) Edwards, Pamela (University of Southampton, UK) Ugwudike
Part of the Routledge Advances in Sociology series
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This book provides a focused discussion of how families are governed through technologies.
It shows how states attempt to influence, shape and govern families as both the source of and solution to a range of social problems including crime. The book critically reviews family governance in contemporary neo-liberal society, notably through technologies of self-responsibilisation, biologisation, and artificial intelligence.
The book draws attention to the poor working class and racialised families that often are marked out and evaluated as culpable, dysfunctional, and a threat to economic and social order, obscuring the structural inequalities that underpin family lives and discriminations that are built into the tools that identify and govern families. Filling a gap where disciplinary perspectives cross-cut, this book brings together sociological and criminological perspectives to provide a unique cross-disciplinary approach to the topic.
It will be of interest to researchers, scholars and lecturers studying sociology and criminology, as well as policy-makers and professionals working in the fields of early years and family intervention programmes, including in social work, health, education, and the criminologically-relevant professions such as police and probation.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:122 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:15/02/2023
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- ISBN:9780367530723
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:122 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:15/02/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9780367530723