Parenting as a Public Problem in a Neoliberal Era

A Changing Regime in France

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ID2987521
AuthorsClaude Martins, Claude Martin (0000-0002-0259-1196, EHESP, Avenue du Professeur Leon Bernard, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France ()., corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume48
Issue3
Pages303-314
Publication date2017-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/jcfs.48.3.303
OpenAlexW2912987709
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited7

Since the early 1990s, an explicit parenting support policy has made its way onto political agendas in Europe. This policy responds to a growing political demand to avoid the failure of the parental educational mission and "new social risks" for children. To educate parents to carry out their own role, improve their "competence", and control their practices, corresponds to the construction of "parenting" as a public problem and the defence of a "parental determinism," mobilizing different knowledge and empirical results. In our paper, we argue that the policy process that led to current parenting support policies is the outcome of a long process that imposes an explanation for the reason of this revival. We argue that we could be facing a new parenting regime in France

Competence (human resources) · Determinism · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public policy · Sociology · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Family and Disability Support Research · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Social Psychology

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