Child Welfare Systems and Migrant Children

A Cross Country Study of Policies and Practice
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-19-020529-4
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 617 g

Reihe: International Policy Exchange Series

The book examines where, why and to what extent immigrant children are represented in the child welfare system in different countries. These countries include Australia/New Zealand, Belgium/the Netherlands, England, Estonia, Canada, Finland, Italy, Germany, Spain, Norway, and the United States--all of them having different child welfare philosophies and systems as well as histories and practices in immigration. By comparing policies and practices in child welfare systems (and welfare states), especially in terms of how they conceptualize and deal with immigrant children and their families, we address an immensely important and pressing issue in modern societies. Immigrants in the child welfare system are a critical issue and they seem to face serious challenges that are evident across countries. These are challenges related to lack of language proficiency, lack of knowledge about cultural and social aspects and about the public systems of the destination country. Perhaps most relevantly, the challenges may include collisions of ideas and beliefs about how to raise children, about children's place in the family and society, and about children's rights.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Skivenes, Marit

Barn, Ravinder

Kriz, Katrin

PÖsÖ, Tarja

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Familie, Kinder, Jugendliche
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik

Über Autor(innen)

Marit Skivenes is a Faculty of Health and Social work, Bergen University College & Department of Administration and Organization Theory, Bergen University, Norway.

Ravinder Barn is professor of social policy in the Centre for Criminology and Sociology. She was awarded her doctorate in 'Race and Ethnic Relations' in 1989 by the University of Warwick. Ravinder joined Royal Holloway, University of London in 1990 as Lecturer in Applied Social Studies. In 2004, she was awarded a personal chair.

Katrin Kriz is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the College Honors Program at Emmanuel College Boston.

Tarja Pösö, professor in Social Work at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tampere, her research interests have recently focused on child protection.