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Social work and Irish people in Britain : historical and contemporary responses to Irish children and families /

Dominant social work and social care discourses on 'race' and ethnicity often fail to incorporate an Irish dimension. This book challenges this omission and provides new insights into how social work has engaged with Irish children and their families, historically and to the present day.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Garrett, Paul Michael, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, ©2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • SOCIAL WORK AND IRISH PEOPLE IN BRITAIN; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Fleeing Ireland: social exclusion and the flight of Irish 'unmarriedmothers' to England in the 1950s and 1960s; 2. Responses in Britain to the PFIs: the repatriation of 'unmarried mothers' to Ireland in the 1950s and 1960s; 3. The 'daring experiment': London County Council and the discharge from care of children to Ireland in the 1950s and 1960s; 4. 'Race', ethnicity and Irish 'invisibility'