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Children and Families at Promise: Deconstructing the Discourse of Risk

Children and Families at Promise: Deconstructing the Discourse of Risk

Lubeck, Sally
Swadener, Beth Blue

Paperback

Series: Suny Series, the Social Context of Education

General ParentingSocial MovementsSpecial Education

ISBN10: 0791422925
ISBN13: 9780791422922
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Mar 9 1995
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.98
Height: 0.74 Width: 6.16 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Shows how the labeling of children as at-risk actually perpetuates the inequities, racism, and discrimination facing many families in America.

This book critiques the currently popular at-risk construct, drawing from historical, contextual, critical, and personal perspectives. It provides an alternative context for viewing children and their families as at-promise. A basic premise of the book is that the generalized use of the at-risk label is highly problematic and often implicitly racist and classist-a 1990s version of the cultural deficit model that locates problems in individuals, families, and communities, rather than in institutional structures that create and maintain inequality. This book provides a needed interrogation and alternative context for viewing children and families caught in the extreme conditions facing many families in the United States.

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