
'Realising the (troubled) family', 'crafting the neoliberal state'
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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Keywords: BOURDIEU; DOXA; FAMILY INTERVENTION; NEOLIBERALISM; TROUBLED FAMILIES; UNDERCLASS; WACQUANT
Document Type: Research Article
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Publication date: July 2016
Families, Relationships and Societies (FRS) is a social science journal designed to advance scholarship and debate in the growing field of families and relationships across the life course. It explores family life, relationships and generational issues from interdisciplinary, social science perspectives, whilst maintaining a solid grounding in sociological theory and methods and a strong policy and practice focus.
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