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Child welfare in the legal setting : a critical and interpretive perspective Thomas M. O'Brien.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Haworth Press, 2004.Description: 302 p. 23 cmISBN:
  • 0789001470 (hard : alk. paper)
  • 0789023512 (soft : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 344.7303/27 22
LOC classification:
  • KF3735 .O27 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
Beginnings -- The institutional context of child welfare -- Governance, legitimacy, and trust -- Multiple dimensions of child welfare governance -- The organizational context of practice -- The legal system as host setting : context and history -- Images and realities of the legal system : metaphor, myths, and stereotypes -- The courts -- The concentric systems view of child welfare -- The rationalization of child welfare intervention -- Life in narrative and drama : meaning, self, and identity -- Social intervention as ritualized action -- Ethics, values, and integrity -- Conclusion.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book School of Social Work Library Open Shelf KF3735 O'BR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 134930 Available BK117021

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Beginnings -- The institutional context of child welfare -- Governance, legitimacy, and trust -- Multiple dimensions of child welfare governance -- The organizational context of practice -- The legal system as host setting : context and history -- Images and realities of the legal system : metaphor, myths, and stereotypes -- The courts -- The concentric systems view of child welfare -- The rationalization of child welfare intervention -- Life in narrative and drama : meaning, self, and identity -- Social intervention as ritualized action -- Ethics, values, and integrity -- Conclusion.

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