Orphan care : a comparative view / edited by Jo Daugherty Bailey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bailey, Joanne, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orphans--Developing countries--Social conditions.

Orphans.

Orphans--Services for--Developing countries.

Orphans--Institutional care--Developing countries.

Social work with children--Developing countries.

Social work with children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sterling, Va. : Kumarian Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It is estimated that there are some 140 million orphans worldwide, most of them in transition countries such as Russia and Brazil or poorer regions of the Global South.In Orphan Care , Jo Bailey and her contributors argue that efforts to help orphans have been marred by over-reliance on models and practices originating in the developed countries of the Global North. Bailey's collection is unique in that the contributors to the book are from Botswana, Brazil, China, Russia, Thailand, and Zimbabwe. The collection provides an "insider" on the ground perspective on orphan care in these respective countries. Each chapter covers the country's history and background of policy and services to orphans, the dominant reasons children are brought into care; and the prevailing forms of current orphan services. The book questions the conventional wisdom and appropriateness of imported orphan care models and services and shows the lessons that Northern sociologists and development practitioners can learn from their counterparts in the South and how people can work together to create and implement effective orphan care programs throughout the world.By providing an indigenous expert approach to orphan care practice in middle and extremely poor countries, Bailey's collection offers insights and analysis rarely found in the conventional sociological and development literature on orphans and orphan services, and, as such, constitutes a valuable guide and reference for social workers, NGO leaders, and policy-makers. The book is also recommended for courses on comparative sociology, the sociology of developing countries, and the cultural influences on social work practice.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Orphan Care: An Introduction""; ""2 Care for Children in Botswana: Current Limitations, Future Possibilities""; ""3 The Care and Shelter of Children and Adolescents in Brazil: Expressions of Social Issues""; ""4 Social Service for Orphans and Its Challenges in China""; ""5 Orphan Care in Russia: Cause for Dismantling the Down Staircase""; ""6 Orphans in Thailand: Rehabilitating Our National Resource""; ""7 Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Care of Orphaned Children in Zimbabwe""

""8 Orphanhood, Poverty, and the Challenges for Care: Review of Global Policy Trends""""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-56549-485-7

OCLC:

806206336