Perspectives in Child Care Policy

Child care law and policy issues generate very strong emotions and some crucial questions concerning the role of the state. For instance, under what circumstances should the state be able to intervene and use the force of the law to protect children? Do children have similar rights to adults? Such questions are matters of controversial debate and, in the light of well publicised child abuse cases, official inquiries and a government review led to the passing of the Children Act in 1989. Perspectives in Child Care Policy presents four different value perspectives on child care policy - laissez-faire; state paternalism; defence of the birth family and children's rights. These perspectives differ in their underlying values, concepts and assumptions concerning children, families, the rights and powers of parents and the role of the state.

ISBN 0582276845   Pages 222 ISBN13 9780582276840 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 263 Publisher Pearson Education Limited   Published in Harlow Imprint Longman   Previous ISBN 9780582083455 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 216 Publication date 25 Feb 1997   Width (mm) 140 Library of Congress HV751.A6H3   Spine width (mm) 11 DEWEY 362.70942   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

		Preface
		Foreword
Ch. 1		The importance of child care law and policy		1
Ch. 2		Laissez-faire and patriarchy		10
Ch. 3		State paternalism and child protection		40
Ch. 4		The modern defence of the birth family and parents' rights		70
Ch. 5		Children's rights and child liberation		109
Ch. 6		Convergences and divergences		157
Ch. 7		Law, policy and practice: an uneasy synthesis		171
		References		189
		Further Reading		206
		Index		207

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