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Welbourne  Penelope - Child Protection and Child Welfare: A Global Appraisal of Cultures, Policy and Practice - 9781849051910 - V9781849051910
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Child Protection and Child Welfare: A Global Appraisal of Cultures, Policy and Practice

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Description for Child Protection and Child Welfare: A Global Appraisal of Cultures, Policy and Practice Hardback. A comparative international volume on child protection, looking at the culture of child welfare and protection across a broad range of countries. This book evaluates policies and structures already in place, and suggests useful guidelines for good practice for professionals working with children from international communities at risk of harm. Editor(s): Welbourne, Penelope; Dixon, John. Series Editor(s): Ward, Harriet. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 556.

Child Protection and Child Welfare draws on the knowledge of child protection experts and social care professionals to provide an authoritative international overview of child protection strategy and policy.

Devoting particular attention to the role played by culture in determining child welfare issues and child protection responses, this book illustrates the impact of both long-term influences, such as the legacy of the caste system in India, and more recent global events, such as the development of international trade in Ghana and shrinking budgets in Italy on national approaches to supporting families and children. The international perspective aims to ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849051910
SKU
V9781849051910
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Welbourne Penelope
Penelope Welbourne is Associate Professor in Social Work at the University of Plymouth, UK. John Dixon is Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Administration at KIMEP University in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Reviews for Child Protection and Child Welfare: A Global Appraisal of Cultures, Policy and Practice
Welbourne and Dixon's wide-ranging collection of studies into child protection and child welfare services around the world makes a significant contribution to the academic literature; it also has major implications for policy and practice. This important book should be widely consulted.
James Midgley, Harry and Riva Specht Professor of Public Social Services, University of California, Berkeley, USA The chapters ... Read more

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