Life in the debt trap: Stories of children and families struggling with debt by

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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.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Preface: The origins of the bookIntroduction and methodological noteThe journeyIsolationLossLuxuries and necessitiesWho cares?The elephant in the room/consumerismGuiltThe OthersKeeping up appearancesThe childThe tyranny of the small thingsJugglingThe downside of helpThe debt premiumDreamsThe giftOur participantsConcluding reflections

Review

"A powerful and compelling account of family life in the context of problem debt. Required reading for people studying, working with, and most importantly making policies affecting low-income families." Gill Main, University of Leeds "This beautifully written, perceptive and reflexive study of debt is a testament to the power of stories, grounded in wider research and policy contexts. Please read it." Professor the Baroness Ruth Lister of Burtersett

Long Description

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.

Review Quote

"A powerful and compelling account of family life in the context of problem debt. Required reading for people studying, working with, and most importantly making policies affecting low-income families."

Feature

* Engaging insight into what life is like for real people struggling with debt. * Analysis into problem debt and impact on children is based on interviews with over sixty families with children. * Incorporates the voices of children, and families - previous titles that have done this have sold well. * Authors are senior researchers at The Children's Society * Should have broad market appeal as spans fields of sociology, childhood and families. * Sorcha has connections with StepChange (a problem debt charity) and will draw on their policy influencing networks in order to help market the book. Unique selling point: Based on original research, this is the only book to explore and analyse the impact of problem debt on children using the voices of children and families themselves to focus on the human stories.

Details ISBN1447341090 Pages 136 Year 2018 ISBN-10 1447341090 ISBN-13 9781447341093 Format Paperback Imprint Policy Press Place of Publication Bristol Country of Publication United Kingdom Author Larissa Pople Media Book DEWEY 306.850869420941 Illustrations No Short Title Life in the Debt Trap Language English UK Release Date 2018-05-23 Publication Date 2018-05-23 NZ Release Date 2018-05-23 Publisher Policy Press Subtitle Stories of children and families struggling with debt Alternative 9781447341109 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2018-05-22 We've got this

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