Welfare and benefit systems

Child neglect has been characterized over the past century as a problem of deficient care of children by mothers.

Combining institutional ethnography and community-based research, Youth Work is a sophisticated examination of the troubling experiences of young people living outside the care of parents or guardians, as well as of the difficulties of the frontline workers who take responsibility for assisting them.

Combining institutional ethnography and community-based research, Youth Work is a sophisticated examination of the troubling experiences of young people living outside the care of parents or guardians, as well as of the difficulties of the frontline workers who take responsibility for assisting them.

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.

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.

Internationally recognized as the gold standard in providing services to children with special needs and their family members, family-centred practice has developed substantially over the past two decades.

Far from being a measure of progress or humanitarian aid, Indian welfare policy in Canada was used deliberately to oppress and marginalize First Nations peoples and to foster their assimilation into the dominant society.

Between 1930 and the mid-1970s, several thousand Canadian-born children were adopted by families in the United States.

In this unique work directed at social workers, Gerald A.

The increase in adoption and fostering of children with special needs has been one of the most positive developments in Canadian child welfare over the past fifteen years.

With the knowledge and sensitivity of a teacher and counsellor, Ruth M.

Bringing together top scholars in the field, Universality and Social Policy in Canada provides an overview of the universality principle in social welfare.

Bringing together top scholars in the field, Universality and Social Policy in Canada provides an overview of the universality principle in social welfare.

Child neglect has been characterized over the past century as a problem of deficient care of children by mothers.

In The Rise and Fall of Moral Conflicts in the United States and Canada, sociologist Mildred A.

In The Rise and Fall of Moral Conflicts in the United States and Canada, sociologist Mildred A.

In the past few decades, researchers and practitioners have moved away from the idea of fatherhood as a single, monolithic concept.

In the past few decades, researchers and practitioners have moved away from the idea of fatherhood as a single, monolithic concept.

John Porter’s landmark study of social and ethnic inequality, The Vertical Mosaic, became an instant classic when it was first published in 1965.

John Porter’s landmark study of social and ethnic inequality, The Vertical Mosaic, became an instant classic when it was first published in 1965.

Between 1930 and the mid-1970s, several thousand Canadian-born children were adopted by families in the United States.

Far from being a measure of progress or humanitarian aid, Indian welfare policy in Canada was used deliberately to oppress and marginalize First Nations peoples and to foster their assimilation into the dominant society.

Published Under the Garamond ImprintHunger and undernutrition are widespread in many advanced capitalist societies.

Justice as Welfare provides an egalitarian account of distributive justice by rethinking notions of welfare.

Justice as Welfare provides an egalitarian account of distributive justice by rethinking notions of welfare.

Rethinking Children, Violence and Safeguarding explores the victimization of children as well as children who use violence towards others and presents an overview of key developments in research, policy and practice within the context of the recent major shift in thinking from 'child protection' towards 'safeguarding' and evidencing better outcomes.

This book provides a review of how child maltreatment has been socially constructed, ignored, and formally responded to as it tells the story of how America's system of child protection has evolved.

In these pages you will find inspiring, true stories of people who didn't have hope?

My brother Patrick remembers my first beating, of which I assume I was completely unaware.

This book is the first comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the New Deal and examines how far the programme has succeeded in responding to the diversity of conditions in local labour markets across the UK.

Overstretched provides fresh perspectives on the reality of European family life where care and paid work need to be woven together on a daily basis, offering an opportunity to discuss and evaluate care policies in a new light.

How the love and labor of parents have changed our understanding of autismAutism has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years, thanks to dramatically increasing rates of diagnosis, extensive organizational mobilization, journalistic coverage, biomedical research, and clinical innovation.

Perfect for fans of Conversations with Friends, Luster and My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Wet Paint is a novel exploring the highs and lows of friendship, love and loss that is incisive, darkly funny and achingly poignant.

How do you apply the principles, structures and processes of the law to everyday practice?

This is a comprehensive introduction to social work with children that integrates theoretical debates with a full and sensitive exploration of practice concerns.

Supporting children and families through separation and divorce is a major area of concern in contemporary society.

After a decade of Thatcherism, rising illegitimacy and the moral panic over child sexual abuse, the family is more of a political issue than ever.

Drawing on original research this book provides a challenging and instructive analysis of the nature of the heated and often contradicting arguments of recent years about how to reform the child care system, and the emergence of a central concern with child protection.

This feminist analysis brings together expert contributions on the subject of child sexual abuse.

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Well-publicised cases of child abuse have brought heavy media criticism of the social work role in prevention and child protection.

Focusing on distribution of risk within societies, this book presents a parsimonious theory of social policy emergence, divergence, and change.

Focusing on distribution of risk within societies, this book presents a parsimonious theory of social policy emergence, divergence, and change.

This book assesses which work-family policies work best, and explains why they are unlikely to be adopted everywhere.

This book assesses which work-family policies work best, and explains why they are unlikely to be adopted everywhere.

In this comparative, historical survey of three East Asian countries, Jong-sung You explores how inequality hinders democratic control of corruption.

In this comparative, historical survey of three East Asian countries, Jong-sung You explores how inequality hinders democratic control of corruption.