"When the welfare people come" : race and class in the US child protection system /

"In this groundbreaking look at the history and politics of the US child welfare system, 'When the Welfare People Come' exposes the system in its totality, from child protective investigation to foster care and mandated services, arguing that it constitutes a mechanism of control exer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lash, Don (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, [2017]
Temas:
Child welfare > United States > History.
Social service and race relations > United States > History.
Social work with children > United States > History.
Social work with minorities > United States > History.
Race discrimination > United States > History.
Service social et relations raciales > États-Unis > Histoire.
Service social aux minorités > États-Unis > Histoire.
Service social aux enfants > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Child welfare
Race discrimination
Social service and race relations
Social work with children
Social work with minorities
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The "orphan trains" : then and now
  • Moving toward a racialized child welfare system
  • Parents with disabilities
  • Foster youth
  • Foster parents
  • Juvenile "justice"
  • Toiling inside the bureaucracy
  • The future of child welfare
  • Real reform
  • Child welfare and social reproduction
  • Socialism and the parent-child relationship
  • Appendix : from rights to reality : a plan for parent advocacy and family-centered child welfare reform.

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