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The expectation for fathers to be more involved with parenting their children and pitching in at home are higher than ever, yet broad social, political, and economic changes have made it more difficult for low-income men to be fathers. In this book, Timothy Black and Sky Keyes ground a moving and intimate narrative in the political and economic circumstances that shape the lives of low-income fathers. Based on 138 life history interviews, they expose the contradiction that while the norms and expectations of father involvement have changed rapidly within a generation, labour force and state support for fathering on the margins has deteriorated.

Fathers --- Social conditions --- Fathers - United States - Social conditions - Case studies. --- Fathers - United States - Economic conditions - Case studies. --- Fathers - United States - Interviews. --- Fatherhood - Social aspects - United States. --- Fatherhood - Economic aspects - United States. --- Marginality, Social - United States. --- Fatherhood --- Marginality, Social