Full Description
The need for services that respond to the 'maltreatment' of children and to the struggles of families is at the core of social service systems in all developed nations. While these child and family welfare systems confront similar problems and incorporate common elements, there are substantial differences in philosophy, organization, and operation across international settings and models.
In this new collection of essays, Nancy Freymond and Gary Cameron have brought together some of the finest international minds to provide an original and integrated discussion of child protection, family service, and community caring models of child and family welfare. The volume not only examines child protection and family service approaches within Western nations - including Canada, the United States, England, the Netherlands, France, and Sweden - it is also the first comparative study to give equal attention to Aboriginal community caring models in Canada and New Zealand.
The comparisons made by the essays in this volume allow for a consideration of constructive and feasible innovations in child and family welfare and contribute to an enriched debate around each system. This book will be of great benefit to the field for many years to come.
Contents
PART ONE: OVERVIEW
Understanding International Comparisons of Child Protection, Family Service, and Community Caring Systems of Child and Family Welfare
GARY CAMERON and NANCY FREYMOND
Learning from Difference: Comparing Child Welfare Systems
RACHAEL HETHERINGTON
PART TWO: CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEMS
Promoting Change from 'Child Protection' to 'Child and Family Welfare': The Problems of the English System
RACHAEL HETHERINGTON and TRACEY NURSE
Forming and Sustaining Partnerships in Child and Family Welfare: The American Experience
PATRICIA SCHENE
Problems and Potential of Canadian Child Welfare
KAREN SWIFT and MARILYN CALLAHAN
PART THREE: FAMILY SERVICE SYSTEMS
The Plight of Paternalism in French Child Welfare and Protective Policies and Practices
ALAIN GREVOT
Child and Family Welfare in Sweden
GUNVOR ANDERSSON
When One Door Shuts, Another Opens: Turning Disadvantages into Opportunities in Child and Family Welfare in the Netherlands
A.W.M. VELDKAMP
PART FOUR: COMMUNITY CARING SYSTEMS
From Child Welfare to Child, Family, and Community Welfare: The Agenda of Canada's Aboriginal Peoples
DEENA MANDELL, CINDY BLACKSTOCK, JOYCE CLOUSTON CARLSON, and MARSHALL FINE
Maori Perspectives on Collaboration and Colonization in Contemporary Aotearoa / New Zealand Child and Family Welfare Policies and Practices
CATHERINE LOVE
First Nations Child and Family Services and Indigenous Knowledge as a Framework for Research, Policy, and Practice
MARLYN BENNETT and CINDY BLACKSTOCK
PART FIVE: CONCLUSION
Learning from International Comparisons of Child Protection, Family Service, and Community Caring Systems of Child and Family Welfare
NANCY FREYMOND and GARY CAMERON
Appendix A: Partners in Child Protection and Well-Being
Appendix B: Guiding Principles for Building Partnerships
Appendix C: Timeline of the Evolution of the French Child Protection System
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List of Contributors
