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The world of foster care : an international sourcebook on foster family care systems / edited by Matthew Colton, Margaret Williams.
LIBRA HV875 .W67 1997
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Van Pelt Library HV875 .W67 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foster home care--Cross-cultural studies.
- Foster home care.
- Child welfare--Cross-cultural studies.
- Child welfare.
- Child care services--Cross-cultural studies.
- Child care services.
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, England : Arena ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate Pub., [1997]
- Contents:
- 1 Argentina / Oscar Francisco Toto, Martha Susana Kliun, Susana Ines Sozzani de Montalva 1
- 2 Australia / Susan Pitman 9
- 3 Botswana / Pempelani Mufune, Lengwe-Katembula Mwansa, Kwaku Osei-Hwedie 21
- 4 Canada / Judy Krysik 41
- 5 Finland / Kari Salavuo 53
- 6 France / Michel Corbillon 67
- 7 Germany / Jorg Maywald, Peter Widemann 83
- 8 Hong Kong / Christopher Bagley, Grace Po-chee Ko, Charles O'Brian 99
- 9 Hungary / Maria Herczog 107
- 10 India / R.R. Singh 121
- 11 Ireland / Robbie Gilligan 135
- 12 Israel / Zmira Laufer 149
- 13 Italy / Tiziano Vecchiato 161
- 14 Japan / Sadao Atsumi 177
- 15 Netherlands / Tjalling Zandberg 197
- 16 Philippines / Maria Paz U. de Guzman 211
- 17 Poland / Zofia Waleria Stelmaszuk, Wanda Klominek 221
- 18 United Kingdom / Clive Sellick, June Thoburn 237
- 19 United States of America / Eileen Mayers Pasztor, Kathy Barbell 249
- 20 Venezuela / Elsa Levy, Iliana Kizer 267
- 21 Zimbabwe / Rodreck Mupedziswa, Leontina Kanyowa 273.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1857423399
- OCLC:
- 59664388
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