Towards positive systems of child and family welfare : international comparisons of child protection, family service, and community caring systems / edited by Nancy Freymond and Gary Cameron.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cameron, Gary.

Freymond, Nancy, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare--Cross-cultural studies.

Child welfare.

Family services--Cross-cultural studies.

Family services.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

vi, 360 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2006]

Contents:

1 Understanding International Comparisons of Child Protection, Family Service, and Community Caring Systems of Child and Family Welfare / Gary Cameron, Nancy Freymond 3

2 Learning from Difference: Comparing Child Welfare Systems / Rachael Hetherington 27

Part 2 Child Protection Systems

3 Promoting Change from 'Child Protection' to 'Child and Family Welfare': The Problems of the English System / Rachael Hetherington, Tracey Nurse 53

4 Forming and Sustaining Partnerships in Child and Family Welfare: The American Experience / Patricia Schene 84

5 Problems and Potential of Canadian Child Welfare / Karen Swift, Marilyn Callahan 118

Part 3 Family Service Systems

6 The Plight of Paternalism in French Child Welfare and Protective Policies and Practices / Alain Grevot 151

7 Child and Family Welfare in Sweden / Gunvor Andersson 171

8 When One Door Shuts, Another Opens: Turning Disadvantages into Opportunities in Child and Family Welfare in the Netherlands / A.W.M. Veldkamp 191

Part 4 Community Caring Systems

9 From Child Welfare to Child, Family, and Community Welfare: The Agenda of Canada's Aboriginal Peoples / Deena Mandell, Cindy Blackstock, Joyce Clouston Carlson, Marshall Fine 211

10 Maori Perspectives on Collaboration and Colonization in Contemporary Aotearoa / New Zealand Child and Family Welfare Policies and Practices / Catherine Love 237

11 First Nations Child and Family Services and Indigenous Knowledge as a Framework for Research, Policy, and Practice / Marlyn Bennett, Cindy Blackstock 269

12 Learning from International Comparisons of Child Protection, Family Service, and Community Caring Systems of Child and Family Welfare / Nancy Freymond, Gary Cameron 289

Appendix A Partners in Child Protection and Well-Being 319

Appendix B Guiding Principles for Building Partnerships 321

Appendix C Timeline of the Evolution of the French Child Protection System 323.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references: pages [331]-355.

ISBN:

0802090281

080209371X

OCLC:

61864358

Publisher Number:

9780802093714

9780802090287