Tess Ridge is a Research Fellow at the University of Bath. She has considerable experience in conducting research with children and young people.
Ridge's work enters a previously underdeveloped field of poverty-related research, and in doing so makes substantive, theoretical and methodological contributions. This book will be of interest to those involved in the development and evaluation of public policy, researches concerned with policy and poverty, and those involved in education - as well as to anyone wanting to move toward a rich, contextual understanding of how the world is experienced and negotiated by children. Family Matters The sharp observations of these young citizens on their schooling, on problems in their neighbourhood and on the deficiencies of their leisure opportunities, set an agenda for any practitioner who aspires to tackle family poverty. Community Care This book is an accessible and informative read for anyone researching, studying and working on poverty and social exclusion... It is a book that deserves to be widely read, and one that demands to be acted upon. International Journal of Social Welfare ... an extremely useful contribution to the literature on poverty. The value of recording and reporting children's experiences in their own words is indisputable. Children, Youth and Environments ... important and timely. Youth & Policy ...a vivid and comprehensive picture of what it is like to grow up poor in Britain today. Journal of Social Policy This book provides richness and context to debates about childhood poverty, and remedies for it, from the perspectives of children themselves. Sue Middleton, Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University