Parents as both problem and resource

The Political Management of Parenting in Marginalised Residential Areas

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ID6214560
AuthorsVibe Larsen (0009-0003-7982-5370, University College Copenhagen), Üzeyir Tireli (0000-0002-9225-0474, University College Copenhagen), Ditte Maria Børglum Tofteng (0000-0002-8667-7172, University College Copenhagen), Mette Marie Høy-Hansen (University College Copenhagen)
Year2023
Volume8
Issue2
Pages168-193
Publication date2023-09-22
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1903-7031 • E-ISSN: 1903-7031
PublisherDet Kgl. Bibliotek/Royal Danish Library (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.7146/qs.v8i2.140965
OpenAlexW4386946276
LanguageEN
References cited7

This article addresses the question of how the parenting role has become an issue in relation to the contemporary politics of marginalized residential areas in Denmark. Drawing on the empirical and analytic categories of 'good' and 'bad' parenting, we explore how parenting skills and parental responsibility are central to problem solving and finding solutions for the area. We explore this to achieve a more critical approach to understanding how different discourses of integration and marginalized residential areas, create categories of ‘parenting’. The analysis shows how policies have different kinds of impact on parents in the neighbourhood, and how discourses on parenting vary across the empirical material including governmental strategies, social master plans, and interviews. Despite, in political terms, being regarded as part of the problem, the parents themselves shape their child

Empirical research · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Psychology · Research in Social Sciences · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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