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Title: GOVERNING THE FAMILY
CHILD CARE, CHILD PROTECTION AND THE STATE
By: Nigel Parton
Format: Paperback

List price: £37.99


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ISBN 10: 0333541227
ISBN 13: 9780333541227
Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
Pub. date: 30 July, 1991
Pages: 263
Description: A critical analysis of the recent developments in child care and child protection policy and practice. The book locates them in their political context and provides a case study of the processes of change in social policy.
Synopsis: ...it will undoubtedly and deservedly be read widely by a lay as well as a professional audience.' Kate Wilson, Times Higher Education Supplement Drawing on original research this book provides a challenging and instructive analysis of the nature of the heated and often contradicting arguments of recent years about how to reform the child care system, and the emergence of a central concern with child protection. It provides a unique insight into the political influences on the 1989 Children Act and the issues it attempted to address, the bargains that were struck in the process of it becoming law and the new balances it introduced between the role of the state, the responsibilities of parents and the rights of children.
Illustrations: XI, 263 p.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Returns: Non-returnable
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