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  • Towards Positive Systems of Child and Family Welfare

    International Comparisons of Child Protection, Family Service, and Community Caring Systems

    Edición de Nancy Freymond, Gary Cameron ...
    Series series Heritage
    The need for services that respond to the ‘maltreatment’ of children and to the struggles of families is at the core of social service systems in all developed nations. While these child and family welfare systems confront similar problems and incorporate common elements, there are substantial differences in philosophy, organization, and operation across international settings and models.In this ... Leer más

    $42.99 USD

  • Creating Positive Systems of Child and Family Welfare

    Congruence with the Everyday Lives of Children and Parents

    The North American approach to child protection is broadly accepted, despite frequent criticisms of its core limitations: parental fear and resistance, the limited range of services and supports available to families, escalating costs, and high stress and turnover among service providers. Could these shortcomings be improved through organizational or system reform?Based on findings from a decade’s ... Leer más

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    A Memoir of Dublin in the 1950s

    de Martha Long ...
    Series Libro 1 - Memoirs of Dublin
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  • Babies without Borders

    Adoption and Migration across the Americas

    International adoptions are both high-profile and controversial, with the celebrity adoptions and critically acclaimed movies such as Casa de los babys of recent years increasing media coverage and influencing public opinion. Neither celebrating nor condemning cross-cultural adoption, Karen Dubinsky considers the political symbolism of children in her examination of adoption and migration ... Leer más

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  • Moral Crusades in an Age of Mistrust

    The Jimmy Savile Scandal

    de F. Furedi ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The epidemic of scandals unleashed by the Savile Scandal highlights the precarious status of relations of trust. The rapid escalation of this crisis offers insights into the relationship between anxieties about childhood and the wider moral order. This book explains why western society has become so uncomfortable with the exercise of authority. ... Leer más

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  • Innovations in Youth Research

    Edición de S. Heath, C. Walker ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book explores and celebrates imaginative and creative approaches to youth research, showcasing a wide range of innovative methods including music elicitation, mental mapping, blog analysis and mobile methods. ... Leer más

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  • Youth Cultures in the Age of Global Media

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book explores the impact of globalisation and new technologies on youth cultures around the world, from the Birmingham School to the youthscapes of South Korea. In a timely reappraisal of youth cultures in contemporary times, this collection profiles the best of new research in youth studies written by leading scholars in the field. ... Leer más

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  • Gender and Childhood Sexuality in Primary School

    de Deevia Bhana ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book is an ethnography of teachers and children in grades 1 and 2, and presents arguments about why we should take gender and childhood sexuality seriously in the early years of South African primary schooling. Taking issue with dominant discourses which assumes children’s lack of agency, the book questions the epistemological foundations of childhood discourses that produce innocence. It ... Leer más

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  • Understanding Child Sexual Abuse

    Perspectives from the Caribbean

    Edición de A. Jones ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book is the first comprehensive study of child sexual abuse in the Caribbean, exploring issues such as the ontology of childhood, links between slavery, colonialism and present-day gender-based violence, the impact of child sexual abuse on the brain and child protection after natural disasters. ... Leer más

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  • Researching Later Life and Ageing

    Expanding Qualitative Research Horizons

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    This collection on researching later life and ageing critically reflects upon the qualitative methods used in gaining knowledge of under-researched groups of older people and sets out future research agendas. ... Leer más

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  • Understanding Your Baby

    Series series The Tavistock Clinic - Understanding Your Child
    Why do some mothers and babies take to breast feeding while others don't? And what are the emotions involved for mother and baby when the baby rejects a feed, or when breast feeding stops? What happens when parents and their babies have to negotiate separations, or deal with night-time crying? What if your baby's distress makes you feel that you cannot cope? This book takes the reader through the ... Leer más

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  • Fostering Mixed Race Children

    Everyday Experiences of Foster Care

    de Fiona Peters ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The ‘mixed race’ classification is known to be a factor of disadvantage in children’s social care and this fastest growing population is more likely than any other ethnic group to experience care admission. How does knowledge of ‘mixedness’ underpin policy and practice? How, when and why is the classification ‘mixed’ a disadvantage? Through narrative interviews with children currently in foster ... Leer más

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