Research Catalog

Title

Child protection and child welfare : a global appraisal of cultures, policy and practice / edited by Penelope Welbourne and John Dixon.

Publication

London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2013.

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Additional Authors

• Welbourne, Penelope.
• Dixon, John.
• Dixon, John E., 1946 May 9-

Description

287 pages; 24 cm

Summary

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.

Subject

• Child welfare
• Child welfare > Cross-cultural studies
• Children > Social conditions
• Children > Services for

Genre/Form

Cross-cultural studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface -- Introduction / Penelope Welbourne, University of Plymouth, UK, and John Dixon, KIMEP University, Kazakhstan -- Sweden / Sven Hessle, Stockholm University, Sweden -- The United States of America / Otrude Nontobeko Moyo, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, USA -- The United Kingdom / Clare Colton and Penelope Welbourne, University of Plymouth, UK -- Italy / Teresa Bertotti and Annamaria Campanini, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy -- Romania / Contiu Șoitu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania -- Japan / Kathryn Goldfarb, Harvard University, USA -- India / Selwyn Stanley, University of Plymouth, UK -- Kazakhstan / Nazgul Assylbekova and Anuarbek Kakabayev, Kokshetau State University named after Sh. Ualikhanov, Kazakhstan -- The Middle East / Alean Al-Krenawi and Dennis Kimberley, Ben-Gurion University of the Nregev, Israel -- Ghana / Marie-Antoinette Sossou, University of Kentucky, USA -- Australia / Menka Tsantefski and Marie Connolly, University of Melbourne, Australia -- The contributors -- Subject index -- Author index.

ISBN

• 9781849051910
• 1849051917

LCCN

^^2013023659

OCLC

849801230

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library