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After the Iron curtain: Poor parenting and state intervention in cross
cultural perspective
A one -day workshop at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of
Cambridge
Wednesday, 10th June, 10-5pm Across many contemporary societies, the
quality of parenting is increasingly seen as imperative, not only for the
well-being of individual children, but for the health of communities as a
whole. This kind of parenting - increasingly endorsed by both parents and
policy makers - has been termed 'concerted', 'intensive', or even
'paranoid' by researchers, pointing to the 'more' than the basic childcare
that many mothers feel they should do for their children. The opposite of
this is 'poor' parenting or 'unfit' parents - defined not so much by an
approach, as the absence of it. Poor parenting is most often tied to
expectations of poor outcomes, where children are seen as being at risk of
neglect or maltreatment. Intervention by the state is aimed at ensuring
children be saved from such parents, either through training, or by placing
children in settings that provide more appropriate care. Since much of the
social science research on the topic has been done in what's called
'Euro-America', however, the explanatory framework usually draws on
elements of capitalist market economies and social stratifications, such as
class, poverty, gender inequality and race. This workshop is concerned with
this issue of 'poor' parenting in cross-cultural perspective, and
particularly a UK/US comparison with post-Soviet countries. Taken at face
value, the concept of 'poor' parenting may look very different in countries
with different political, ideological and socio-economic structures such as
liberal democracies of the UK and the US, yet one study has revealed some
(tentative) similarities in child welfare practices. This workshop
problematizes the concept of 'poor' parenting by making it an analytical
concept and placing it in a comparative context, asking three main
questions: (1) What constitutes 'poor' parenting in a particular country?
(2) What are the underlying concepts of childhood and parenthood this
relies on? (3) What are the similarities in child welfare practices, and
how do we account for these? Participants include: Professor Hugh
Cunningham (Kent), Professor Val Gillies (Goldsmiths), Professor Frank
Furedi (Kent), Professor Judith Harwin (Brunel), Professor Molly
Ladd-Taylor (York, Canada) Dr Charlotte Faircloth (Roehampton), Dr Elena
Khlinovskaya Rockhill (Cambridge), Dr Tracey Jensen (UEL), Dr Jan Macvarish
(Kent), Dr Paula Pustulka (Jagiellonian, Poland) Dr Svetlana Stephenson
(London Met), Kasia Choluj (Kent) Further information can be found
here<http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/parentingculturestudies/pcs-events/forthcoming-events/poor-parenting/>
Tickets can be booked
here<http://www.eventbrite.com/e/after-the-iron-curtain-poor-parenting-and-state-intervention-in-cross-cultural-perspective-tickets-16933869660>
For further information, please contact the organisers, Dr Elena
Khlinovskaya Rockhill ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) and Dr
Charlotte Faircloth (University of Roehampton,
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Dr Elena Khlinovskaya Rockhill
Scott Polar Research Institute
University of Cambridge
Lensfield Road
Cambridge CB2 1ER
UK
tel.
+7 910 428 4825 (cell, in Russia)
+44(0)790 433 2706 (cell, in the UK)
+1 503 914 7892 (cell, in the USA)
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skype: lerock9396
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http://www.alaska.edu/move/nrcr/
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