This article considers a genealogy of the governing by data of families in poverty; a case
study of the codification of disadvantaged families and problematisation of their difficulties …

Families in the UK have played a key role within the 'third way'policy regimes of the past two
decades, promising to act as arenas of citizenship between the individual and the market …

We live in a historic period of heightened and intersecting uncertainties. This article draws
on Bauman's metaphor of 'liquid modernity'to discuss the precariousness of family lives and …

In this paper, I argue that we look through the lens of family care to show how economic
scarcity translates into an actual experience of everyday life. Referring to analyses from …

Current political rhetoric and some media commentaries suggest there is a yawning gap of
understanding between policymakers and the reality of families living in poverty in 21st …

This thesis examines the discourse, policy and intervention surrounding 'problem families' in
post-war Britain from 1943 to 1974. Its contemporary salience is provided with comparisons …

The launch of the Troubled Families Programme in 2011 has thrown into sharp relief how
governments develop policies and practices to intervene in the lives of so‐called 'troubled …

The launch of the Troubled Families Programme in the wake of the 2011 riots conflated poor
and disadvantaged families with anti-social and criminal families. The programme aimed to …

Despite 'troubled lives' increasingly coming under the gaze of (powerful) others, our
understanding of the issues at hand seems somewhat detached from the experiences of …

This dissertation explores discourses about parenthood and subject ideals as they manifest
in two Swedish parental web communities. The aim is to examine the perceived division of …