The Slow Evolution of Foster Care in Australia Just Like a Family? /

This book draws on archival, oral history and public policy sources to tell a history of foster care in Australia from the nineteenth century to the present day. It is, primarily, a social history which places the voices of people directly touched by foster care at the centre of the story, but also...

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Hlavný autor: Musgrove, Nell (Autor)
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Vydanie:1st ed. 2018.
Edícia:Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood
Predmet:
Islands of the Pacific-History.
Social history.
History, Modern.
World history.
Social policy.
ISBN:9783319939001
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Obsah:
  • 1. Introduction: There is no typical story of foster care
  • Part I: Looking for the 'care' in foster care
  • 2. Did anybody care? The death of John Wood Pledger
  • 3. Making and breaking families
  • 4. Remembering and forgetting foster care
  • 5. They're just doing it for the money
  • Part II: Shaping the lives of the invisible children of the state
  • 6. Foster care-philosophies, rhetoric and practices
  • 7. Rediscovering foster care
  • 8. Writing to heal-the emergence of foster care in literature
  • 9. Are we getting better at this?
  • 10. Conclusion: What can history tell us about the future of foster care?
  • Index.

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