Fixing Families [[electronic resource] ] : Parents, Power, and the Child Welfare System
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| Autore: |
Reich Jennifer A
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| Titolo: |
Fixing Families [[electronic resource] ] : Parents, Power, and the Child Welfare System
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| Pubblicazione: | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012 |
| New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (369 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.7/0973 |
| 362.70973 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Child welfare - United States |
| Child welfare -- United States | |
| Dysfunctional families -- Services for -- United States | |
| Family social work - United States | |
| Family social work -- United States | |
| Problem families - Services for - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-309) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | FIXING FAMILIES Parents, Power and the Child Welfare System; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Child Protection: A Historical Perspective; Chapter 3 The Hated Do-Gooders: Social Work in Context; Chapter 4 Expected Parental Behavior: Theorizing Subordination and Deference in the Investigation; Chapter 5 Reforming Parents, Reunifying Families; Chapter 6 Court-Ordered Empowerment and the Reformation of Mothers in CPS; Chapter 7 Biology and Conformity: Expectations of Fathers in Reunification; Chapter 8 Beyond Reunification: When Families Cannot be Fixed |
| Chapter 9 ConclusionAppendix: Methods; Bibliography; Notes; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In Fixing Families, Jennifer Reich takes us inside Child Protective Services for an in-depth look at the entire organization. Following families from the beginning of a case to its discharge, Reich shows how parents negotiate with the state for custody of their children, and how being held accountable to the state affects a family. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Fixing Families |
| ISBN: | 0-203-61937-4 |
| 1-283-89200-6 | |
| 1-136-07546-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910779302903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Perspectives on Gender