Contemporary fathering: Theory, policy and practice
Brid Featherstone
Abstract
Since 1997, child-welfare services have been faced with new demands to engage fathers or develop father-inclusive services. This book emerges from work by the author as a researcher and educator over many years, on the issues posed by this agenda for child-welfare practitioners, in a variety of contexts. In locating fathers, fathering, and fatherhood within a historical and social landscape, it addresses issues seldom taken up in practice settings. The book explores diversity and complexity in fathering in different disciplines such as psychoanalysis, sociology, and psychology, and analyses co ... More
Keywords: child-welfare services, fathers, father-inclusive services, fathering, fatherhood, social policies, welfare practices, feminist perspective, opportunities, dangers
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2009 | Print ISBN-13: 9781861349880 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: March 2012 | DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781861349880.001.0001 |
