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  • Oxford Handbook of Child Protection Systems

    Edited by Jill Duerr Berrick, Neil Gilbert, Marit Skivenes ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Over 30 years ago, the United Nations developed the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), heralding the importance of protecting children from a range of human rights violations. Among these are the right to be free from abuse and neglect at the hands of parents or other caregivers, and the responsibility of states to devise a protective response. How nations conceptualize harm and even ... Read more

    $215.99 CAD

  • Adoption from Care

    International Perspectives on Children’s Rights, Family Preservation and State Intervention

    by Sveinung Hellesen Nygård, Conor O’Mahony, Esther Abad Guerra, Ana Cristina Gomez Aparicio, Sagrario Segado, Marit Skivenes, Hege Stein Helland, Ina Bovenschen, Thomas Meysen, Pia Eriksson0, Katrin Križ1, Jenny Krutzinna2, Simone Mccaughren3, Judit Strömpl4, Katre Luhamaa5, Jill Duerr Berrick8, Kenneth Burns9 ...
    Series series Research in Social Work
    EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND.This book explores how children’s rights are practised and weighed against birth and adoptive parents’ rights and examines how governments and professionals balance rights when it is decided that children cannot return to parental care.From different socio-political and legal contexts in Europe and the United States, it provides an in-depth ... Read more

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  • Child Rights and International Discrimination Law

    Implementing Article 2 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

    Edited by Marit Skivenes, Karl Søvig ...
    Series series Routledge Research in International Law
    Societies and states are at a crossroad in how children are treated and how their rights are respected and protected. Children´s new position and their strong rights create tensions and challenge the traditional relationships between family and the state. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted unanimously by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1989 and came ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Child Welfare Systems and Migrant Children

    A Cross Country Study of Policies and Practice

    Edited by Marit Skivenes, Ravinder Barn, Katrin Kriz, Tarja Pösö ...
    Series series International Policy Exchange
    Child Welfare Systems and Migrant Children examines where, why and to what extent immigrant children are represented in the child welfare system in different countries. These countries include Australia/New Zealand, Belgium/the Netherlands, England, Estonia, Canada, Finland, Italy, Germany, Spain, Norway, and the United States--all of them having different child welfare philosophies and systems as ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD

  • Child Protection and the European Court of Human Rights

    Lessons from Norway in the Development and Contestation of Children’s Rights

    by Neil Datta, Tarja Pösö, Raija Huhtanen, Claire Fenton-Glynn, Mary Burns, Gabriela Serra, Kerry Shea, Katrin Križ, Daniela Reimer, Asgeir Falch-Eriksen, Rachel Cichowski, David Archard, Marius Emberland, Elaine Sutherland, Kirsten Sandberg, Elizabeth Chrun, Jill Marshall ...
    Available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Article 1 of the European Convention of Human Rights gives children the same protection of their fundamental rights and freedoms as adults. However, there is a notable absence of specific provisions for their rights. What does this imply in practice?This interdisciplinary volume brings together leading scholars in political science, law, social work ... Read more

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  • Errors and Mistakes in Child Protection

    International Discourses, Approaches and Strategies

    by Jaclyn Chambers, Teresa Bertotti, Gilles Séraphin, Hélène Join- Lambert, Christine Gerber, Heinz Kindler, Clarissa Schär, Kay Biesel, Brigitte Müller, Staffan Höjer0, Inger Kjellberg1, Øyvind Tefre2, Marit Skivenes3, Tarja Pösö4, Essi Julin6, Mónica López López7, Tom Van Yperen8, Kirti Zeijlmans9, Fred Powell0, Caroline Shore1, Judith Masson2, Michelle Cottier4, Jill Duerr Berrick5, Nigel Parton6 ...
    This comprehensive international study provides a cross-national analysis of different understandings of errors and mistakes, as well as lessons to avoid and how to handle them in child protection practice, using research and knowledge from 11 countries in Europe and North America.Divided into country-specific chapters, each examines the pathways that lead to mistakes happening, the scale of their ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

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    Trust but Verify

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  • Anxieties of Migration and Integration in Turbulent Times

    Edited by Mari-Liis Jakobson, Russell King, Laura Moroşanu, Raivo Vetik ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    How do migration and integration change when ‘crisis becomes normalcy’? This open access book investigates this question in the present context of turbulent times when, instead of dealing with one crisis, migrants, governments and whole societies have to cope within a complex web of multiple unsettling events that create anxieties about migration. Emphasising a plurality of theoretical ... Read more

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  • Evidence and Expertise in Nordic Education Policy

    A Comparative Network Analysis

    Edited by Berit Karseth, Kirsten Sivesind, Gita Steiner-Khamsi ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This open access book explores how policy makers draw on national, regional and international expertise in issuing school reform within five Nordic countries. In an era of international comparison, policy makers are expected to review best practices, learn from experiences from elsewhere, and apply international standards propelled by international organizations. Do they do so? What counts, for ... Read more

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  • Agenda Setting, Policies, and Political Systems

    A Comparative Approach

    by Peter John, Shaun Bevan, Will Jennings, Bryan D. Jones, Michelle C. Whyman, Sylvain Brouard, Emiliano Grossman, Isabelle Guinaudeau, Arco Timmermans, Gerard Breeman, Frédéric Varone, Isabelle Engeli, Pascal Sciarini, Roy Gava, Christian Breunig, Brandon Zicha, Anne Hardy, Jeroen Joly, Tobias Van Assche, Enrico Borghetto, Marcello Carammia, Francesco Zucchini, Laura Chaqués-Bonafont, Anna M. Palau, Luz M. Muñoz Marquez, Martial Foucault, Éric Montpetit ...
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  • Childhood in a Global Perspective

    by Karen Wells ...
    This popular book provides a compelling introduction to thinking about childhood in rigorous and critical ways. Karen Wells offers a unique global perspective on children’s lives, showing how the notion of childhood varies widely and is continuously being radically re-shaped.Taking children seriously as active participants in society, the book explores key social issues such as how children are ... Read more

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  • Language and Learning in Multilingual Classrooms

    A Practical Approach

    by Dr. Elizabeth Coelho ...
    Series Book 16 - Parents' and Teachers' Guides
    This book is a research-based practical guide for educators who work with students whose linguistic and cultural background is different from their own. Illustrated with many practical examples of classroom activities, projects, and teaching strategies, the book is also an introduction to immigrant education for school administrators and educational planners in communities or regions that are in ... Read more

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