Child Welfare Removals by the State - A Cross-Country Analysis of Decision-Making Systems (Hardcover)

Child Welfare Removals by the State addresses a most important (but little-researched) legal proceeding: when the State intervenes in the private family sphere to remove children at risk to a place of safety, adoption, or in other forms of out-of-home care. It is an intervention into the private family sphere that is intrusive, contested, and a last resort. States' interventions in the family are decided within legal and political orders and traditions that constitute a country's policies, welfare state model, child protection system, and childrens position in a society. However, we lack a cross-country analysis of the different models of decision-making in a European context. This text aims to present new research at the intersection of social work, law, and social policy concerning child protection proceedings for children in need of alternative care. It explores the role of court-based and voluntary decision-making systems in child protection proceedings, its effects, dynamics, and meanings in seven European countries and the United States, and analyses the tensions and dilemmas between children, parents, and socio-legal professionals. The book consists of eight country chapters, plus an introduction and conclusion chapters. The range of countries of countries represented in the book covers the social democratic Nordic countries (Finland, Norway, and Sweden), the conservative corporatist regimes (Germany and Switzerland), the neo-liberal (England, Ireland, and the United States), and related child welfare systems.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	International Policy Exchange Series
Release date:	October 2016
Editors:	Kenneth Burns (Deputy Director) • Tarja Pvsv (Professor in Social Work) • Marit Skivenes (Professor)
Dimensions:	240 x 176 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-045956-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Child welfare Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Children
LSN:	0-19-045956-5
Barcode:	9780190459567

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