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Painful times : the emergence and campaigning of parents against injustice in 1980s Britain
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Crane, Jennifer (2015) Painful times : the emergence and campaigning of parents against injustice in 1980s Britain. Twentieth Century British History, 26 (3). pp. 450-476. doi:10.1093/tcbh/hwv024
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/hwv024
Abstract
In July 1985 Steve and Susan Amphlett established Parents Against Injustice (PAIN) to support and represent parents falsely accused of child abuse. The Amphletts ran the organization from their own home, and struggled to gain funding, before closing PAIN in 1999. PAIN was to an extent a reflection of the ‘new politics’ of identity and lifestyle, concurrent with the rise of New Social Movements, as falsely accused parents utilized communication technologies to make their experiences public, and to contact and support one another. At the same time, PAIN also sought to exert political influence through relatively traditional channels—contributing to public inquiries, encouraging their membership to write letters to Members of Parliament, and shaping media critique. Despite its small size, PAIN was able to act as an intermediary between parents and politicians, social workers, solicitors and physicians. PAIN represented, but also collated and shaped, parents’ experiences. The case study of PAIN suggests that small groups have been able to mediate between ‘public’ and ‘experts’, effectively working with both groups because of their ability to combine experience and professionalism. These groups have brought experiential knowledge into social policy, and more broadly shifted the roles and responsibilities accorded to children, families and parents.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Parents Against Injustice (PAIN), Child abuse -- Political aspects, Social movements -- Great Britain | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Twentieth Century British History | ||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0955-2359 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 27 July 2015 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 26 | ||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 450-476 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/tcbh/hwv024 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||
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