From pariahs to partners : how parents and their allies changed New York City's child welfare system / David Tobis.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Tobis, David, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Child welfare--New York (State)--New York.
• Child welfare.
• Children.
• Social conditions.
• Parent and child.
• Foster home care.
• New York (State)--New York.
• Foster home care--New York (State)--New York.
• Parent and child--New York (State)--New York.
• Children--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 250 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]

Contents:

• The New York system
• Parents change
• Tilling the soil : the groundwork for parent activism
• Parents find their voice
• Other New York City parent organizations
• Parent participation across the country
• What improved, what hasn't and what's beginning to slip
• Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9780195099881
• 0195099885

OCLC:

828333788