| Vulnerability and Young People: Care and Social Control in Policy and Practice Contributor(s): Brown, Kate (Author) |
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ISBN: 144731817X ISBN-13: 9781447318170 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $132.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 362.7 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.15 lbs) 252 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The notion of 'vulnerability' is now a prominent motif in social policy in the UK and beyond, with important implications for those deemed 'vulnerable'. Yet the effects of recalibrating welfare and criminal justice processes on the basis of vulnerability often escape attention. This distinctive book draws together lived experiences of vulnerability with academic and practical applications of the concept, exploring the repercussions of a 'vulnerability zeitgeist' in UK policy and practice. Through a focus on the voices and perspectives of 'vulnerable' young people and the professionals who support them, it questions how far the rise of vulnerability serves the interests of disadvantaged citizens. Illuminating where support shades into more controlling practices, the book is important reading for scholars, students and policy-makers interested in exclusion, precariousness, deviance and youth. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brown, Kate: - Kate Brown is professor of history at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She is also the author of Biography of No Place From Ethnic Borderland to Soviet Heartland and Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters. |