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The UK Government's Troubled Families Programme: Delivering Social Justice?
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Abstract This article examines and reviews the evidence surrounding the UK Government’s Troubled Families Programme (TFP), a flagship social policy launched in 2011, following riots in towns and cities across England. The programme aims to work with over 500,000 ‘troubled families’ by 2020, using a ‘whole fa... view more
This article examines and reviews the evidence surrounding the UK Government’s Troubled Families Programme (TFP), a flagship social policy launched in 2011, following riots in towns and cities across England. The programme aims to work with over 500,000 ‘troubled families’ by 2020, using a ‘whole family’ intervention. It has been beset by controversy and criticism since its inception, but it has been described by the government as ‘promoting social justice’. Drawing on Nancy Fraser’s work around recognition and redistribution, this article assesses the subjective aims and achievements of the TFP and locates this analysis in the wider objective conditions experienced by disadvantaged families in the UK at the current time.... view less
Keywords
Great Britain; family policy; social policy; social justice; family; deprivation; social intervention; redistribution; combating poverty
Classification
Family Policy, Youth Policy, Policy on the Elderly
Free Keywords
austerity; government aid; troubled families
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 301-309
Journal
Social Inclusion, 6 (2018) 3
Issue topic
Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Groups: On the Margins of the Welfare State?
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed