About the Author:
Brid Featherstone, School of Sociology and Political Science, National University of Ireland, Galway
Review:
This important book fills a huge gap in understandings of fathering in social policy and social work. Theoretically sophisticated, yet accessible, it links insights from sociology, psychology and gender studies to policy and practice agendas to provide compelling arguments about why and how fathers need to be engaged within social interventions. It is required reading for academics, policy makers and practitioners. Harry Ferguson, Professor of Social Work, University of Nottingham
Brid Featherstone's Contemporary Fathering is a brilliantly researched, richly detailed, and eloquent book that speaks across, and to, a range of complementary theoretical perspectives that are rarely joined in current writing on fatherhood. Drawing on her decade-long experience as a researcher and educator working in child welfare issues in Britain, Featherstone's writing embraces theoretical sophistication, accessibility, and real life examples of the challenges involved in developing father-inclusive programs and services. This book will have wide appeal to academics, service providers, policy makers, and the general public interested in families and changing fatherhood in the twenty-first century. Andrea Doucet, Professor of Sociology, Carleton University (Canada), and author of Do Men Mother?
This book is essential reading for anybody researching fathering, all the social professions that work with both men and women caring for children, and students across the social sciences. Alistair Christie, University College, Cork
This book is an important tool in providing the background and the practical experience that is needed to deliver services that include fathers, at a time when more and more is expected of practitioners. It is well researched, scholarly and detailed and reflects the author's vast experience of working with fathers from a feminist perspectives. Becky Sibert, Children & Young People Now, 2009
This slim volume is an excellent compendium of ideas, data, perspectives and reflections about involving and working with fathers across the social services. Those wishing to respect, recognize and involve fathers without negating women and mothers will find that 'Contemporary Fathering' provides a thousand points of entry to that complex conversation. Christopher Walmsley in Men and Masculinities
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