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Book SynopsisIn Failed Child Welfare Policy, Janet R. Hutchinson examines child welfare policy in the United States. Since the early 1970''s, the controversial family preservation movement has existed in America. The 30 year history of this movement, and the failure of it vividly illustrate many of the problems found in the system charged with caring for our country''s abused, neglected, and abandoned children. Hutchinson argues that family preservation is both a philosophy and a program, and has the potential to positively alter the service system nationally. Pointing to the current clash of discourses, Hutchinson contends that a reconceptualized child welfare discourse, created through a renewed commitment by the social work profession and the involvement of disciplines not traditionally involved in child welfare, is the most prudent, perhaps only course of action that can achieve a re-constructed child welfare system. Cecelia E. Sudia contributes to the historical content and background informat
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 The Failed Public Child Welfare System Chapter 4 Alternatives to Foster Care Chapter 5 The Orphaning of Child Welfare Chapter 6 Responding to the Family Question: The Federal Children's Bureau Chapter 7 The Advocates: Multiple Discourses Chapter 8 Studies of Child Welfare and Family Based Practice Chapter 9 Imagining a Re-constructed Child Welfare System Chapter 10 References Chapter 11 Author Index Chapter 12 Index Chapter 13 About the Author
