Towards Positive Systems of Child and Family Welfare : : International Comparisons of Child Protection, Family Service, and Community Caring Systems /

Towards Positive Systems of Child and Family Welfare : : International Comparisons of Child Protection, Family Service, and Community Caring Systems / / ed. by Nancy Freymond, Gary Cameron.

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 substan...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Andersson, Gunvor,
Bennett, Marlyn,
Blackstock, Cindy,
Callahan, Marilyn,
Cameron, Gary,
Carlson, Joyce Clouston,
Fine, Marshall,
Freymond, Nancy,
Grevot, Alain,
Hetherington, Rachael,
Love, Catherine,
Mandell, Deena,
Nurse, Tracey,
Schene, Patricia,
Swift, Karen,
Veldkamp, A.W.M.,
HerausgeberIn:
Cameron, Gary,
Freymond, Nancy,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2005
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (330 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Part One. Overview
  • 1. Understanding International Comparisons of Child Protection, Family Service, and Community Caring Systems of Child and Family Welfare
  • 2. Learning from Difference: Comparing Child Welfare Systems
  • Part Two. Child Protection Systems
  • 3. Promoting Change from 'Child Protection' to 'Child and Family Welfare': The Problems of the English System
  • 4. Forming and Sustaining Partnerships in Child and Family Welfare: The American Experience
  • 5. Problems and Potential of Canadian Child Welfare
  • Part Three. Family Service Systems
  • 6. The Plight of Paternalism in French Child Welfare and Protective Policies and Practices
  • 7. Child and Family Welfare in Sweden
  • 8. When One Door Shuts, Another Opens: Turning Disadvantages into Opportunities in Child and Family Welfare in the Netherlands
  • Part Four. Community Caring Systems
  • 9. From Child Welfare to Child, Family, and Community Welfare: The Agenda of Canada's Aboriginal Peoples
  • 10. Maori Perspectives on Collaboration and Colonization in Contemporary Aotearoa / New Zealand Child and Family Welfare Policies and Practices
  • 11. First Nations Child and Family Services and Indigenous Knowledge as a Framework for Research, Policy, and Practice
  • Part Five. Conclusion
  • 12. Learning from International Comparisons of Child Protection, Family Service, and Community Caring Systems of Child and Family Welfare
  • Appendix A: Partners in Child Protection and Well-Being
  • Appendix B: Guiding Principles for Building Partnerships
  • Appendix C: Timeline of the Evolution of the French Child Protection System
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Contributors

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