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Scandalous politics : child welfare policy in the States / Juliet F. Gainsborough.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gainsborough, Juliet F.
- Series:
- American governance and public policy.
- American governance and public policy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child welfare--United States.
- Child welfare.
- United States--Social policy.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (222 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Little work has been done to systematically analyze how high-profile incidents of child neglect and abuse shape child welfare policymaking in the United States. In Scandalous Politics, Juliet Gainsborough presents quantitative analysis of all fifty sta
- Contents:
- Introduction: child welfare and the politics of scandal
- The swinging pendulum: child welfare policy at the national level
- States, scandals, and child welfare policy
- Florida: scandal, electoral politics, and leadership change
- Colorado: investigative journalism, local control, and minor reform
- New Jersey: scandals, courts, and on-going reform
- Conclusions: scandalous politics.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781589016156
- 1589016157
- OCLC:
- 695996362
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