Name: Theoretical and Empirical Insights into Child and Family Poverty
ISBN: 978-3-319-17506-5

Editors:

Elizabeth Fernandez⁰,
Anat Zeira¹,
Tiziano Vecchiato²,
…
Cinzia Canali³

Elizabeth Fernandez
1. School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia
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Anat Zeira
1. Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Tiziano Vecchiato
1. Fondazione Emanuela Zancan Onlus, Centro Studi e Ricerca Sociale, Padova, Italy
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Cinzia Canali
1. Fondazione Emanuela Zancan Onlus, Centro Studi e Ricerca Sociale, Padova, Italy
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Brings together the voices of different stakeholders, children and families, practitioners, policy makers and researchers
Takes a child rights based approach to examine inequities
Draws attention to entrenched inequalities and disadvantage of Indigenous children and families

Part of the book series: Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research (CHIR, volume 10)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xxiii

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Understanding Child and Family Poverty: An Introduction to Some Key Themes and Issues
- Elizabeth Fernandez
Pages 1-10
Child Poverty in the International Context
- Elizabeth Fernandez, Ioana Ramia
Pages 11-39
Not Just Statistics: Making Children’s Poverty More Visible
- Peter Saunders
Pages 41-57
Child Poverty and Child Well-Being in International Perspective
- Jonathan Bradshaw
Pages 59-70
Why Are Poor Children Always with Us? Theory, Ideology and Policy for Understanding Child Poverty
- Michael Wearing, Elizabeth Fernandez
Pages 71-96
Disadvantage, Equity and Children’s Rights in Twenty-First Century Australasia
- Marie Connolly
Pages 97-109
Children’s Subjective Well-Being in Disadvantaged Situations
- Carme Montserrat, Ferran Casas, James Ferreira Moura Jr.
Pages 111-126
Child Poverty in Germany: Conceptual Aspects and Core Findings
- Sabine Andresen, Susann Fegter, Klaus Hurrelmann, Monika Pupeter, Ulrich Schneekloth
Pages 127-140
Poor for How Long? Chronic Versus Transient Child Poverty in the United States
- Sara Kimberlin, Jill Duerr Berrick
Pages 141-158
Child Poverty Reduction in Brazil: Reversing Bismarck?
- Armando Barrientos, Amanda Telias Simunovic
Pages 159-173
Poverty and Social Exclusion of Children and Families in Italy and Europe: Some Comparisons
- Cinzia Canali, Devis Geron
Pages 175-184
Poverty in Italy and Generative Welfare Approach
- Tiziano Vecchiato
Pages 185-200
A Family-Centred Approach in Helping Poor Children in Hong Kong
- Joyce Lai Chong Ma
Pages 201-215
Young People at Risk of Lifelong Poverty: Youth Homelessness in Australia
- Patricia McNamara
Pages 217-238
Poor Children, Poor Services, Poor Outcomes: Child Poverty and Its Impact on Referral and Placement in Public Care System in Hungary
- Maria Herczog
Pages 239-256
In What Ways Might Poverty Contribute to Maltreatment?
- Marian Brandon
Pages 257-271
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families in Australia: Poverty and Child Welfare Involvement
- Clare Tilbury
Pages 273-284
Family Poverty: Reviewing the Evidence for an Integrated Community-Based Practice
- Anita Lightburn, Chris Warren-Adamson
Pages 285-301
Reducing Poverty and Investing in Children and Families
- Elizabeth Fernandez, Anat Zeira, Tiziano Vecchiato, Cinzia Canali
Pages 303-311

About this book

This book brings together a range of theoretical and empirical perspectives on conceptualization, measurement, multidimensional impacts and policy and service responses to address child and family poverty. It illuminates issues and trends through country level chapters, thus shedding light on dynamics of poverty in different jurisdictions. The book is structured into three sections: The first includes introductory chapters canvassing key debates around definition, conceptualization, measurement and theoretical and ideological positions. The second section covers impacts of poverty on specific domains of children’s and families’ experience using snapshots from specific countries/geographic regions. The third section focuses on programs, policies and interventions and addresses poverty and its impacts. It showcases specific interventions, programs and policies aimed at responding to children and families and communities and how they are or might be evaluated. Cross national case studies and evaluations illustrate the diversity of approaches and outcomes.

Keywords

Child poverty and wellbeing
Child poverty in the international context
Childhood rights and needs in 21st century Australasia
Children’s centred assessments of their conditions of living
Children’s experiences and parents conceptions
Children’s subjective wellbeing in disadvantaged situations
Cross National Perspectives
Poor People
Poverty and child welfare involvement
Poverty in Italy
Theory and ideology shaping poverty
Understanding Child and Family Poverty
maternal and child health

Editors and Affiliations

School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia

Elizabeth Fernandez
Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

Anat Zeira
Fondazione Emanuela Zancan Onlus, Centro Studi e Ricerca Sociale, Padova, Italy

Tiziano Vecchiato, Cinzia Canali

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Theoretical and Empirical Insights into Child and Family Poverty
Book Subtitle: Cross National Perspectives
Editors: Elizabeth Fernandez, Anat Zeira, Tiziano Vecchiato, Cinzia Canali
Series Title: Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17506-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-17505-8Published: 25 June 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36025-6Published: 09 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-17506-5Published: 04 June 2015
Series ISSN: 1879-5196
Series E-ISSN: 1879-520X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 319
Number of Illustrations: 43 b/w illustrations
Topics: Child Well-being, Maternal and Child Health, Human Rights

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

Front Matter

About this book

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Editors and Affiliations

School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia

Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

Fondazione Emanuela Zancan Onlus, Centro Studi e Ricerca Sociale, Padova, Italy

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