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The social economy of excluded families
Author(s) -
Mitchell Gaye,
Campbell Lynda
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
child and family social work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-2206
pISSN - 1356-7500
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2011.00757.x
Subject(s) - disadvantaged , social connectedness , poverty , social exclusion , sociology , extended family , nuclear family , field (mathematics) , social psychology , psychology , economic growth , economics , mathematics , anthropology , pure mathematics
Families with material, social and cultural resources can be seen as triply advantaged, while those without are thrice disadvantaged. The authors contend that families' connectedness or exclusion from their communities, and the processes that marginalize or substantially exclude families from the benefits of the wider society, are among the most important dimensions for practice in the family services field. Using selected theory relating to individuals and families in society, this paper proposes a conceptual framework for understanding all families in their social economy , with special attention to families who experience material, social and cultural poverty. These families are vulnerable to becoming excluded families , not only propelled into a survival mode of living that evokes distinct skills and strengths in family members, but also has profound deleterious effects on both children and their parents. When child and family services encounter these excluded families, they need to respond with complex linked strategies at individual, family, network and policy levels.