Child welfare systems and migrant children : a cross country study of policies and practice / edited by Marit Skivenes, Ravinder Barn, Katrin Križ, Tarja Pösö.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Skivenes, Marit, editor.

Barn, Ravinder, editor.

Križ, Katrin, editor.

Pösö, Tarja, editor.

Series:

International policy exchange series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare.

Immigrant children.

Physical Description:

xii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2015]

Summary:

Child Welfare Systems and Migrant Children examines where, why and to what extent immigrant children are represented in the child welfare system in different countries. These countries include Australia/New Zealand, Belgium/the Netherlands, England, Estonia, Canada, Finland, Italy, Germany, Spain, Norway, and the United States-all of them having different child welfare philosophies and systems as well as histories and practices in immigration. By comparing policies and practices in child welfare systems (and welfare states), especially in terms of how they conceptualize and deal with immigrant children and their families, Child Welfare Systems and Migrant Children address an immensely important and pressing issue in modern societies. Immigrants in the child welfare system is a critical issue, facing challenges across countries related to lack of language proficiency, lack of knowledge about cultural and social aspects, and about the public systems of the destination country. Perhaps most relevantly, the challenges include collisions of ideas and beliefs about how to raise children, about children's place in the family and society, and about children's rights. Book jacket.

Contents:

Child welfare systems and migrant families : an introduction

How the Finnish child protection system meets the needs of migrant families and children

How the Norwegian child welfare system approaches migrant children

Immigrant children and families in the child welfare system : the Netherlands

Immigrant children and families in the child welfare system in Austria

Child welfare systems and immigrant families : the case of Spain

Public services and migrant minors in Italy : redefining skills for social work

The United States : child protection in the context of competing policy mandates

Child welfare systems and immigrant families : Canada

Child welfare and migrant families and children : a case study of England

Child protection of migrants in Australia

Immigrant children and families in the Estonian child protection system

Migrant children and child welfare systems : a contested challenge.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780190205294

0190205296

OCLC:

887850772