Children, families and social exclusion: New approaches to prevention
Kate Morris
Abstract
Many policy and practice initiatives that aim to prevent social exclusion focus on children and young people. This book considers new approaches to understanding the complexities of prevention, and how these new understandings can inform policy and practice. Preventative initiatives such as the National Evaluation of the Children's Fund (NECF) have supported large-scale complex evaluations that have generated rich and important data about strategies for addressing social exclusion and what they can achieve. The book uses evidence from the NECF to illustrate and explore the experiences of child ... More
Many policy and practice initiatives that aim to prevent social exclusion focus on children and young people. This book considers new approaches to understanding the complexities of prevention, and how these new understandings can inform policy and practice. Preventative initiatives such as the National Evaluation of the Children's Fund (NECF) have supported large-scale complex evaluations that have generated rich and important data about strategies for addressing social exclusion and what they can achieve. The book uses evidence from the NECF to illustrate and explore the experiences of children and families who are most marginalised. It examines the historical context of approaches to child welfare, and presents a new framework for understanding and developing preventative polices and practice within the context of social exclusion.
Keywords:
prevention,
NECF,
social exclusion,
child welfare,
families,
children
Bibliographic Information
Print publication date: 2009 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781861349668 |
Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: March 2012 |
DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781861349668.001.0001 |