Governing families: problematising technologies in social welfare and criminal justice
"This book provides a focused discussion of how families are governed through technologies. It shows how states attempt to influence, shape and govern families as both the source of and solution to a range of social problems including crime. It critically reviews family governance in contempora...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London New York
Routledge
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
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| Availability in Tübingen: | Present in Tübingen. UB: KB 21 A 2981 |
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| Summary: | "This book provides a focused discussion of how families are governed through technologies. It shows how states attempt to influence, shape and govern families as both the source of and solution to a range of social problems including crime. It critically reviews family governance in contemporary neo-liberal society, notably through technologies of self-responsibilisation, biologisation, and artificial intelligence. The book draws attention to the poor working class and racialised families that often are marked out and evaluated as culpable, dysfunctional, and a threat to economic and social order, obscuring the structural inequalities that underpin family lives and discriminations that are built into the tools that identify and govern families. Filling a gap where disciplinary perspectives cross-cut, this book brings together sociological and criminological perspectives to provide a unique cross-disciplinary approach to the topic. It will be of interest to researchers, scholars and lecturers studying sociology and criminology, as well as policy-makers and professionals working in the fields of early years and family intervention programmes, including in social work, health, education, and the criminologically-relevant professions such as police and probation"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 121 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9780367530723 9780367530754 |
| DOI: | 10.4324/9781003080343 |