Description
Book SynopsisThe 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 Zeal
Table of 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 Glossary References List of Contributors
