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‘Realising the (troubled) family’, ‘crafting the neoliberal state’

Crossley, S.

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SJ Crossley qspp29@durham.ac.uk
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Abstract

This article examines the development of the ‘troubled families’ narrative that emerged following the riots in England in 2011, drawing on the work of Pierre Bourdieu and Loïc Wacquant. Their work is briefly discussed before the current concern about ‘troubled families’ is located in its wider historical and political context. The response to the riots and the emergence and development of the official concept of ‘troubled families’ is then examined. It is argued that the establishment and subsequent expansion of the Troubled Families programme was part of a wider process of neoliberal state-crafting that was undertaken by the coalition government, and which is likely to be continued under the new Conservative administration in the United Kingdom (UK). The article pays particular attention to the centrality of ‘the family’ in this neoliberal restructuring and adds to the emerging literature on neoliberal forms of governing families in the UK at the current time.

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Crossley, S. (2015). ‘Realising the (troubled) family’, ‘crafting the neoliberal state’. Families, Relationships and Societies, 5(2), 263-279. https://doi.org/10.1332/204674315x14326465757666

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date May 27, 2015
Publication Date Jul 1, 2015
Deposit Date Jun 8, 2015
Publicly Available Date May 27, 2016
Journal Families, Relationships and Societies
Print ISSN 2046-7435
Electronic ISSN 2046-7443
Publisher Policy Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 5
Issue 2
Pages 263-279
DOI https://doi.org/10.1332/204674315x14326465757666
Keywords Bourdieu, Wacquant, Doxa, Family intervention, Neoliberalism, Troubled families, Underclass.

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This is a post-peer-review pre-copy edited version of an article published in Families, Relationships and Societies. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Crossley, S. (2016) ‘Realising the (troubled) family’, ‘crafting the neoliberal state’., Families, relationships and societies, 5(2): 263-279 is available online at: 10.1332/204674315X14326465757666




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