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Shattered bonds [[electronic resource] ] : the color of child welfare / / Dorothy Roberts



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Autore: Roberts Dorothy E. <1956-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Shattered bonds [[electronic resource] ] : the color of child welfare / / Dorothy Roberts Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Basic Books, 2001
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
Disciplina: 362.7/089/96073
362.70899607
362.708996073
Soggetto topico: Child welfare - United States
Racism in social services - United States
Social work with African American children
African American families - Government policy
Foster children - United States
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-315) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction: Facing the Racial Reality of Child Welfare; PART ONE: Destroying Black Families in the Name of Child Protection; 1 . The Color of America's Child Welfare System; 2. The System's Inferior Treatment of Black Children; 3. Tracing the Disparity to Black Child Poverty; 4. Is Racism the Cause?; 5. The System's Fundamental Flaw; 6. A Racist Institution?; PART TWO: The New Politics of Child Welfare; 1. The Assault on Family Preservation; 2. Why Family Preservation Fails; 3. Is Adoption the Answer?; 4. Welfare Reform: Ending Aid to Poor Children
5. Locking Up Parents and ChildrenPART THREE: The System's Racial Harm; 1. Protection of Family Rights; 2. A Theory of Group-Based Harm; Conclusion: Child Welfare and Social Justice; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index
Sommario/riassunto: ""This is the untold story behind the horror stories and the headlines. Everyone who cares about children should read this eye-opening, powerfully argued book.""--Katha Pollitt, The Nation
Titolo autorizzato: Shattered bonds  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-74770-3
9786612747700
0-7867-3064-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 996200293803316
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