Parenting for the state : an ethnographic analysis of non-profit foster care
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Parenting for the state : an ethnographic analysis of non-profit foster care
（New approaches in sociology : studies in social inequality, social change, and social justice / edited by Nancy A. Naples）（A Routledge series）
Routledge, 2005
- : hardcover
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-161) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Through careful ethnography and rich in-depth interviews at a non-profit foster family agency, this book takes a look behind the scenes of our troubled foster care system.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction: The State as Parent 2. The Context of Foster Care Policy and Practice 3. Foster Care through Expert Eyes 4. Money, Meaning and Mothering: The multiple motivations of foster parent carework 5. Negotiating 'Hope': The challenges of state supervised parenting 6. Caring Professionals and Professional Caring 7. The Perils and Promises of Privatization 8. Foster Care and the Welfare State in Ethnographic Perspective Notes. Bibliography. Index.
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