Set to See Us Fail : Debating Inequalities in the Child Welfare System of New York.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Castellano, Viola.

Series:

Anthropology at Work

Anthropology at Work ; v.3

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2023.

Summary:

Examining the interaction between families and professionals in the child welfare system of New York, this book focuses on how inequalities are reproduced, measured, managed, and contested. The book describes how state institutions and neoliberal governance police the groups which are most represented in the child welfare system, including low income, female-headed families living in racialized neighborhoods. The book also shows how these forms of policing produce unstable terrains, and give rise to contestation among families, communities, and professionals. It questions and re-thinks how state welfare and protection is administered.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acronyms

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1 Guilty of Being Poor: A Brief Itinerary in the Recent History of American Welfare

Chapter 2 What Does “Racial Disproportionality” Mean and How Is It Tackled? Genesis, Interpretations, and Practices

Chapter 3 Revolving Door Th e Work of Child Welfare in Making Parents Chronically Unfit

Chapter 4 Contesting Child Welfare Perceptions, Negotiations, and Counternarratives

Chapter 5 The Moral Economies of Community Participation: New Forms of Governance and Representative Ambiguities

Conclusion

References

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-80758-336-8

1-80073-791-2

OCLC:

1369658118