Set to See Us Fail: Debating Inequalities in the Child Welfare System of New York 9781800737914, 2022045368, 9781800738034

Examining the interaction between families and professionals in the child welfare system of New York, this book focuses

197 13 2MB

English Pages 234 Year 2023

Report DMCA / Copyright

DOWNLOAD EPUB FILE

Table of contents :
List of Acronyms

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Guilty of Being Poor: A Brief Itinerary in the Recent History of American Welfare

Chapter 2. What Does “Racial Disproportionality” Mean and How Is Tackled? Genesis, Interpretations, and Practices

Chapter 3. Revolving Door: The Work of Child Welfare in Making Parents Chronically Unfit

Chapter 4. Contesting Child Welfare: Perceptions, Negotiations, and Counternarratives

Chapter 5. The Moral Economies of Community Participation: New Forms of Governance and Representative Ambiguities

Conclusion

References

Index

Set to See Us Fail: Debating Inequalities in the Child Welfare System of New York
 9781800737914, 2022045368, 9781800738034

  • 0 0 0
  • Like this paper and download? You can publish your own PDF file online for free in a few minutes! Sign Up
Recommend Papers