The Slow Evolution of Foster Care in Australia - Just Like a Family? (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book draws on archival, oral history and public policy sources to tell a history of foster care in Australia from the nineteenth century to the present day. It is, primarily, a social history which places the voices of people directly touched by foster care at the centre of the story, but also within the wider social and political debates which have shaped foster care across more than a century. The book confronts foster care's difficult past-death and abuse of foster children, family separation, and a general public apathy towards these issues-but it also acknowledges the resilience of people who have survived a childhood in foster care, and the challenges faced by those who have worked hard to provide good foster homes and to make child welfare systems better. These are themes which the book examines from an Australian perspective, but which often resonate with foster care globally.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood
Release date:	August 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Nell Musgrove • Deidre Michell
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	314
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-93899-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > Adoption & fostering Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	3-319-93899-1
Barcode:	9783319938998

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