Men, Families, and Poverty: Tracing the Intergenerational Trajectories of Place-Based Hardship

Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Authors
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Tracing Men’s Longitudinal Trajectories in Low-income Families
	Introduction: Poverty and Partial Accounts of Men
	The Longitudinal Dynamics of Poverty and Family
		Theorising Longitudinal Family Poverty and QSA
	Why an Empirical Focus on Men in Low-income Families?
	Our Work: A Brief History
	The Data and Methodological Innovation: Qualitative Secondary Analysis
	Substantive and Theoretical Contributions
	Overview of the Book
	References
Chapter 2: Men in Poverty in Families: Missing or a Case of Smoke and Mirrors?
	Introduction
	Poverty in the UK
		The Longitudinal Dynamics of Poverty
	Men’s Participation in Low-income Families: A Case of Smoke and Mirrors
		Theories of Families and Poverty
		Men in Families: Social Sciences Perspectives
		Men, Families, and Social Policy: Men in the Margins
	Conclusion: Marginalising Low-income Men in Families
	References
Chapter 3: Qualitative Secondary Analysis: Establishing a theoretical family lifecourse framework
	Introduction
	Qualitative Data Reuse and the Possibilities of Data Archives
	Methods of Qualitative Secondary Analysis
	Establishing Analytic Complementarity
	Place as a Case
	Developing a Family Lifecourse Framework
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 4: Women’s Accounts of Men in Low-income Families
	Introduction
	A Brief Overview of the Cases
	Partners and Ex-partners: Disrupting ‘Angels’ and ‘Demons’ Narratives
	Making a Case for Multigenerational Perspectives: Dads and Sons
	Uncles, Brothers, and Other Relatives
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 5: Men as Fathers and Providers
	Introduction
	A Brief Overview of the Cases
	Bob’s Case: Partnering, (Un)employment and Provisioning
	Victor’s Case: Repartnering, Resourcing, and Moral Guardianship
	Men, Family Participation, and Provisioning
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 6: Men in the System: ‘Rescue and Repair’ Through Kinship Caring
	Introduction
	Kinship Care
	Sam and Geoff: Grandparent Kinship Carers
	A Brief Overview of the Cases
		Sam’s Case: ‘Rescue and Repair’ Grandparent Kinship Care
		Geoff’s Case: From Grandparent to Kinship Carer
		Men as (Grandparent) Kinship Carers
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 7: The Limits of Family for Men in Poverty
	Introduction
	A Brief Overview of the Cases
	Men’s Exclusion from Families: Husbands/Partners and Fathers
	Sheila and Ben: Excluding Men from Families
	Joe’s Case: Men’s Exclusion from Families: Sons and Welfare
	Discussion
	References
Chapter 8: Conclusion: Trajectories of Families Through Poverty
	Introduction
	Advancing Existing Debate: Beyond ‘Absent’ Men
		Men as Partners/Husbands and Fathers: the ‘In/Out’ Character of Low-income Men’s Family Participation
		Men as Kinship Carers: Longitudinal and Intergenerational Hardship and Higher Levels of Kinship Care
		The Volatility of Hardship in the Lifecourse Trajectories of Men and Women
	Towards a ‘New’ Sociology of Family Poverty
		Doing Families
		Poverty for Men
		Poverty for Women
		Socio-economic Decline and Change
	The ‘Ordering’ of Families Through Poverty
	Violence and Family Poverty
	Cautions
	Methodology and Slow Scholarship: The Value of QSA and Our Iterative Programme of Work
	A Legacy for Recovering Men in Low-income Contexts Through QSA
	References
References
Index