Description |
222 pages ; 22 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index. |
Summary |
"Analyzes the history of the U.S. child welfare system and its implications today, offering ideas for reform and building solidarity. In this is groundbreaking look at the history and politics of the US child welfare system, "When the Welfare People Come" exposes the system in its totality, from child protective investigation to foster care and mandated services, arguing that it constitutes a mechanism of control exerted over poor and working class parents and children. Applying the Marxist framework of social reproduction theory to the child welfare system, the author reveals the system's role in the regulation of family life under capitalism"--Publisher description. |
Contents |
The "orphan trains" : then and now -- Moving toward a racialized child welfare system -- Parents with disabilities -- Foster youth -- Foster parents -- Juvenile "justice" -- Toiling inside the bureaucracy -- The future of child welfare -- Real reform -- Child welfare and social reproduction -- Socialism and the parent-child relationship -- Appendix : from rights to reality : a plan for parent advocacy and family-centered child welfare reform. |
Subject |
Child welfare -- United States.
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Child welfare. |
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United States. |
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Child abuse -- United States.
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Child abuse. |
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Low-income parents -- United States.
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Low-income parents. |
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Social service -- United States.
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Social service. |
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Social service and race relations -- United States.
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Social service and race relations. |
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Family services -- United States.
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Family services. |
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Race discrimination -- United States.
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Race discrimination. |
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Discrimination -- United States.
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Discrimination. |
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Social work with minorities -- United States.
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Social work with minorities. |
ISBN |
9781608467433 (paperback) |
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1608467430 (paperback) |
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