Maguire Precarious childhood in post-independence Ireland

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84779-325-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

This book reveals the desperate plight of the poor, neglected, illegitimate, and abused children in an Irish society that claimed to "cherish" and hold them sacred, but in fact marginalized and ignored them.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maguire, Moira

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. Poverty, family dysfunction, and State provision for neglected children
2. Cherished equally? “Outdoor” provision for illegitimate children
3. Cherished Equally? Institutional provision for illegitimate children
4. Legislating care and protection: The Carrigan Committee, the age of consent, and adoption
5. The abused child?
6. Sanctity of child life? Official responses to infanticide
7. Desperate act or wilful choice? Infanticide and unwanted children
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Maguire Moira:
Moira J. Maguire is Associate Professor of History at the University of Arkansas, Little RockMoira J. Maguire is Associate Professor of History at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock