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An introduction to the UK's Child Support Agencies, especially identifying myths and half-truths
Links to the Acts & Statutory Instruments for the CSA, plus other relevant legislation
Description & timeframe of the reform of the CSA which was begun in 1997
Sources of advice, and links to forums for debate & discussion
Links to free calculators for estimating assessments, and other sources of estimates
Relevant Internet links (including social security links), & books and papers about the CSA
Introduction & information sources
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Introduction to the UK's CSA - more details
Links to UK sources of information about Child Support
Books & other publications relevant to UK Child Support
Related topic - Links to international sources about Child Support

Books & other publications relevant to UK Child Support

Under development - at the moment this is simply a relatively unstructured list of material I have read. Eventually it will be more structured, commented, and linked into the rest of the web site.


Books

Child Support: The Legislation
Commentary by Edward Jacobs & Gillian Douglas
ISBN 0-421-59520-5

The Parental Obligation: A study of parenthood across households
Mavis Maclean and John Eekelaar
Hart Publishing - 1997 - 170 pages - ISBN 1-901362-22-1

Making child maintenance regimes work
Anne Corden
ISBN 1-901455-35-1

Child Support In Action
Gwynn Davis, Nick Wikeley, Richard Young with Jacquelin Barron, Julie Bedward
Hart Publishing 1998 - ISBN 1-901362-70-1

Absent Fathers?
Jonathan Bradshaw, Carol Stimson, Christine Skinner, Julie Williams
Routledge, 1999 - ISBN 0-415-21593-5

What is a parent? A Socio-Legal Analysis
Edited by Andrew Bainham, Shelley Day Sclater and Martin Richards
Hart Publishing 1999 - ISBN 1-84113-043-5

Law and Parenthood
Chris Barton and Gillian Douglas
ISBN 0 406 04499 6

Children First: a new approach to child support
(CSA reform Green Paper)
Command paper Cm 3992 July 1998

A new contract for welfare: children's rights and parents responsibilities
(CSA reform White Paper)
Command paper Cm 4349 July 1999

Small Fortunes: Spending on children, childhood poverty and parental sacrifice.
Sue Middleton, Karl Ashworth and Ian Braithwaite
Published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
ISBN 1 85935 032 1

Papers and one-off publications

The Costs of Children and the Welfare State: An Empirical Analysis based on Consumer Behaviour
Dickens, Fry, Pashardes
Discussion paper series no 466, December 1996
Department of Economics, University of Essex

Public Attitudes to Child Support Issues
DSS In-house report 46
William O'Connor & John Kelly
(1998) ISBN 1-85197-865-8

Views About State Support for Lone Parents & Their Children
DSS In-house report 50
Dawn Snape & John Kelly
(1999) ISBN 1-85197-872-0

DSS In-house reports are available free from the DSS.

Child support: one year on
National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux
(78 HTML pages; free, but you'll need to register).

Social Security Committee Fifth Report
The Operation of the Child Support Act: Proposals for Change
26th October 1994
ISBN 0-10-247094-4

"Children Come First"
White paper in 1990, precursor to the CSA
ISBN 0-10-112642-5

Lessons from the United States of America
Select Committee on Social Security report on its visit to Washington and Wisconsin
during 1-5 December:

CSA-reform Green Paper Minutes of Evidence
Social Security Committee
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm/cmsocsec.htm

Periodic publications

CSA Statistics.

CSA Annual Reports and Accounts.

CSA Business Plans.

Ombudsman's Reports.

Independent Case Examiner Reports.


Page last updated: 28 July, 2001 © Copyright Barry Pearson 2001