Child poverty in rich contexts
The example of Sweden
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13005602 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kjerstin Andersson Bruck (Örebro University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 95-105 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Studies of Childhood (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2043-6106 • E-ISSN: 2043-6106 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2043610619849501 |
| OpenAlex | W2946993281 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 27 |
In international comparisons, Sweden is one of the countries with the lowest number of children growing up in poverty; its material standard is high, and welfare services are extensive and heavily subsidised. How child poverty can be understood in that context is interrogated in the article. The point of departure for the discussion is Swedish Save the Children’s 2013 anti-poverty campaign Fattigskolan [Poverty School]. The campaign presents child poverty from the vantage point of a welfare state and is informative for understanding normative discourses on childhood. Childhood is investigated as a social imagination that both structures children’s and parents’ everyday lives and organises society. It is argued that the dominant social imagination is based on a middle-class fantasy permeating the organisation of the welfare state. The elements of this fantasy are critical to understanding child poverty
Art · Basic needs · Child poverty · Context (archaeology · Culture of poverty · Economic growth · Economics · Fantasy · Normative · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Sociology · State (computer science · Welfare · Welfare state · Children's Rights and Participation · Early Childhood Education and Development · Gender Studies · History · Law · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |