People, politics, and child welfare in British Columbia /

This volume traces the evolution of policies and programs intended to protect children in BC from neglect and abuse. Analyzing this evolution reveals that child protection policy and practice has reflected the priorities of politicians and public servants in power. With few exceptions, efforts to es...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Foster, Leslie T., 1947- (Editor ), Wharf, Brian (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Child welfare > Government policy > British Columbia.
Child welfare > British Columbia > History.
Child welfare > British Columbia > Statistics.
Poverty > British Columbia.
Indigenous children > Care > British Columbia > History.
Native children > Care > British Columbia > History.
Jeunesse > Protection, assistance, etc. > Politique gouvernementale > Colombie-Britannique.
Jeunesse > Protection, assistance, etc. > Colombie-Britannique.
Pauvreté > Colombie-Britannique.
Jeunesse > Protection, assistance, etc. > Politique gouvernementale > Colombie-Britannique > Histoire.
Enfants autochtones > Soins > Colombie-Britannique > Histoire.
Jeunesse > Protection, assistance, etc. > Colombie-Britannique > Statistiques.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Child welfare
Child welfare > Government policy
Poverty
Pauvrete > Colombie-Britannique.
British Columbia
Electronic books.
History
Statistics
Statistics.
Statistiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: people, politics, and child welfare / Brian Wharf
  • Rethinking child welfare reform in British Columbia, 1900-1960 / Marilyn Callahan and Christopher Walmsley
  • Trends in child welfare : what do the data show? / Leslie T. Foster
  • The community resource board experience / Brian Wharf
  • Child welfare in the 1980s : a time of turbulence and change / Sandra Scarth and Richard Sullivan
  • Witnessing wild woman : resistance and resilience in Aboriginal child care / Maggie Kovachs, Robina Thomas, Monty Montgomery, Jacquie Green, and Leslie Brown
  • The community advocate minister : attempting major changes / Riley Hern and John Cossom
  • Thomas Gove : a commission of inquiry puts children first and proposes community governance and integration of services / Andrew Armitage and Elaine Murray
  • Great expectations and unintended consequences : risk assessment in child welfare in British Columbia / Marilyn Callahan and Karen Swift
  • Back to the future : toward community governance / Leslie T. Foster
  • Views from other provinces / Brad McKenzie, Sally Palmer, and Wanda Thomas Barnard
  • The case for a comprehensive vision for child welfare / Brian Wharf
  • From child protection to safeguarding : the English context / Tony Morrison
  • Final thoughts / Brian Wharf
  • Appendix 1. Key events in British Columbia child welfare, 1863 to May 2006
  • Appendix 2. Key government decision makers in British Columbia child welfare, 1947 to May 2006
  • Appendix 3. Delegated Aboriginal child and family service agencies' status, May 2006.

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