Children's Agency
‘Getting By, Getting Back, Getting Out and Getting Organised’ Under Welfare‐to‐Work in Australia
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 14896387 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Jennifer Podesta (School of Political and Social Sciences University of Melbourne Melbourne VIC Australia, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2017 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Fascículo | 5 |
| Páginas | 353-364 |
| Data de publicação | 2017-09-01 |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Children & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0951-0605 • E-ISSN: 1099-0860 |
| Editora | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/chso.12206 |
| OpenAlex | W2591578065 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 4 |
| Referências citadas | 15 |
One in four children in lone‐parent households in Australia lives in poverty. Welfare‐to‐work policies designed to 'activate' lone‐parents into the labour market is one approach that successive governments have employed to address this issue. This article argues that activation policies that target parents risk overlooking the implications for the children in these families. It concludes that more understanding about how poor children employ agency within the constraints and conditions of their lives could inform policy that better supports their well‐being, values their contributions, and is more sensitive to the diverse and changing needs of families. It draws on child‐centred participatory research with twenty‐six children in Australia that found they were active agents across a range of areas that included strategies for getting by, aspiration for the future, and acts of resistance
Agency (philosophy · Citizen journalism · Economic growth · Economics · Paid work · Participatory action research · Political science · Poverty · Public relations · Resistance (ecology · Social science · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare reform · Work (physics · Children's Rights and Participation · Engineering · Law · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
Pricing the priceless child
Children of the Great Depression
Childhood poverty and social exclusion
Childhood and Society
The Social Costs of Child Poverty
A war on the poor
Workfare as welfare
Mothers' work–to–family strain in single and couple parent families
Research with children
Children's agency and the welfare state
Managing Threats to Welfare
Agency, Rationality and Social Policy
| Citações por ano | 0,67 |
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| Intervalo de citações | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Altamente citado | Não |