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Families, Welfare States and Resilience. Low-Resource Families Navigating Care, Employment and Welfare in Europe

This open-access book edited by Mary Daly (University of Oxford) critically reviews and develops the concept of resilience in relation to family life.
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Edited by Mary Daly, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, UK

This open-access book critically reviews and develops the concept of resilience in relation to family life. It examines the experiences of low-resourced families in Belgium, Croatia, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, assessing how they manage challenges such as low income and poor working conditions whilst also caring for children and others needing care. It considers the resources that are available to families, how they are utilised and the role and effectiveness of the welfare state system in supporting families with low resources.