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Understandings and Experiences of Involved Fathering in the United Kingdom: Exploring Classed Dimensions

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  • Val Gillies

    (Families and Social Capital Research Group at London South Bank University)

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In the United Kingdom, current family policy seeks to prioritize fathering as a social issue. The author critically examines the assumptions and expectations that underpin this approach, comparing and contrasting it with data from qualitative interviews with fathers. It highlights the class-specific nature of fathers' everyday values and experiences, pointing to the way policy-sanctioned models of fatherhood are grounded in middle-class perspectives. The author also argues that the policy discourse of the “involved father†promotes a particular role for fathers as educational facilitators, overlooking the more mundane aspects of care most often associated with motherhood.

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  • Val Gillies, 2009. "Understandings and Experiences of Involved Fathering in the United Kingdom: Exploring Classed Dimensions," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 624(1), pages 49-60, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:624:y:2009:i:1:p:49-60
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716209334295
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    1. Wang, Shiyao & Chen, Lingling, 2024. "Father involvement in centre-based early childhood programs: A systematic review," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).

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    fathering; class; policy; parenting; men;
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