Prof. Dr. Peter Rahn, Professor of Social Work Science, and Prof. Dr. Karl August Chassé, Assistant Professor of Social Work, at the Department of Social andArbeit, at the Department of Social and HealthWork, dedicate themselves to this difficult and socially far too little considered topic in all its facets in the edited volume "Handbuch Kinderarmut" (Child Poverty Handbook), published in October 2020.
Child poverty is widespread in Germany: According to the Federal Government's Poverty and Wealth Report of 2017, about 4.4 million children in the Federal Republic of Germany live in living conditions that are below the poverty line (BMAS 2017: 248), which is about one-fifth of people under the age of 18. Numerous studies indicate that growing up in situations of material poverty goes hand in hand with reduced educational and participation opportunities for these children and thus also impairs their future prospects.
Since child poverty became a public issue in the 1990s, a scientific discourse has developed in Germany that combines social analyses, attempts at theorization, quantitative and qualitative research, as well as prevention proposals and suggestions for combating it. The handbook provides an interdisciplinary overview of the different approaches to and perspectives on the complex phenomenon of 'child poverty' and also includes the most recent aggravation of the issue by the Corona crisis.Important impulses for the debate come primarily from social work, sociology, political science, educational science, psychology, childhood research and socialization research.
"For people in social and educational professions, it is important to recognize contexts of the complex phenomenon of child poverty in order to be able to explore the possibilities and limits of their professional actions. We want to sensitize our students to this socially important topic at an early stage and give them a critical view of the social and individual dimensions of the living situations of the children affected and their families," is how the editors Peter Rahn and Karl-August Chassé summarize the objective of their textbook.
The almost 400-page "Handbuch Kindermut" was published by Barbara Budrich/utb in October 2020 and is also available as an e-book.
The editors:
Prof. Dr. Peter Rahn, Professor of Social Work Science, Head of BA Social Work Program, Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences
Prof. Dr. Karl August Chassé, formerly. Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena, lecturer at Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences in BA and MA Social Work
Image copyright book cover: Verlag Barbara Budrich/utb
Subject contact
Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences
Department of Social and Health Work
Prof. Dr. Peter Rahn
Professor of Social Work Science
Head of BA Social Work program
Tel.: 0621 5203-545
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