1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910964948403321

Titolo

Safeguarding and promoting the well being of children, families, and their communities / / edited by Jane Scott and Harriet Ward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005

ISBN

9786610538102

9781280538100

1280538104

9781846422461

1846422469

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

304 p

Altri autori (Persone)

ScottJane <1968->

WardHarriet <1948->

Disciplina

362.7

Soggetti

Child welfare

Children with social disabilities - Services for

Family social work

Social work with children

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Some chapters based on papers originally given at the  Fifth International Looking After Children Conference held in Oxford, England in Sept. 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER -- Safeguarding and Promoting the Well-being of Children, Families and Communities -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- A Note on the Book -- 1. Safeguarding and Promoting the Well-being of Children, Families and Communities -- Part I Evidence of Need -- 2.Promoting the Health and Well-being of Children: Evidence of Need in the UK -- 3. Policies in the UK to Promote the Well-being of Children -- 4. The Impact of US Welfare Reform on Children's Well-being -- Part II Effective Interventions to Promote Children's Health and Well-being -- 5. Support Teams for Adolescents -- 6. Catching Children as They Fall The East Dunbartonshire Looked After Children Mental Health Project -- 7. Promoting the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Minority Children in Canada and Australia -- 8. 'Better than Being at Home': Disabled Children's Views about School -- 9. The Voice of Young



People: Reflections on the Care Experience and the Process of Leaving Care -- Part III Promoting the Well-being of Vulnerable Families -- 10. Themes from a UK Research Initiative on Supporting Parents -- 11. The Canada Pre-natal Nutrition Program and Breaking the Cycle: A Nation's Response to Programming for its Most Vulnerable Citizens -- 12. Promoting the Well-being of Children and Families: What is Best Practice? -- 13. Shared Family Care: Child Protection and Family Preservation in Action -- Part IV Promoting the Well-being of Vulnerable Communities -- 14. Housing Issues in Child Welfare: A Practice Response with Service and Policy Implications -- 15. Searching for Impacts of a Community-based Initiative: The Evaluation of '1,2,3 GO!' -- Part V Conclusion -- 16. Dude, Where's My Outcomes?: Partnership Working and Outcome-based Accountability in the UK -- 17 Evaluating Interventions and Monitoring Outcomes -- Glossary -- References -- The Contributors -- Subject Index.

Author Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Improving the well-being of children is more effective when social care professionals work with the children's parents, families and communities. This collection brings together innovative interventions designed to nurture children's health and welfare, and analyses which types of programmes are most effective and why.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910985983603321

Autore

Pelican Michaela

Titolo

Decolonising the Future Academy in Africa and Beyond : Institutional Development and Collaboration

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , 2025

©2025

ISBN

9783839475966

3839475961

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 pages)

Collana

Postcolonial Studies ; ; 54

Altri autori (Persone)

ZaferKarim

BolligMichael

ArndtMaria

Disciplina

378.6

Soggetti

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Editorial -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Towards Decolonising the Future Academy in Africa and Beyond -- Part 1: Historical Trajectories of Anthropology at African Universities -- Dynamics of Anthropology Teaching and Practice in Cameroonian Universities (1962–2023) -- Notes on the Institutional Development of Anthropology in Egypt, and Toward its Decolonisation -- Thoughts on “Coloniality” and “Africanity” -- Part 2: Decolonising the Academy – Practical Examples -- “Because Rhodes Fell” -- (Re)Building Epistemology or (Re)Shaping Societal Outlook -- Towards Parity in Knowledge Production within the Framework of North-South Collaboration -- Doing Anthropology at Home, in Chad -- Decolonising the “Native”, Insider and Outsider Categories in Anthropology -- Authors’ Biographies

Sommario/riassunto

What does it mean to decolonise academia in Africa? Is this important project limited to the humanities? Is it a project for the future? Are there forerunners at African universities today? The contributors to this volume show different trajectories for anthropology as a discipline and for decolonising academia across the continent and beyond. They offer a variety of perspectives, especially regarding collaboration between



African and German scholars in the areas of research, teaching and institutional development: While some are hopeful and take inspiration from earlier experiences of disciplinary and methodological developments in academic decolonisation and international collaborations, others remain critical and call for more radical attempts at decolonisation.