Bibliograph

Social work and child welfare politics, through Nordic lenses, edited by Hannele Forsberg and Teppo Kröger

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Social work and child welfare politics, through Nordic lenses, edited by Hannele Forsberg and Teppo Kröger

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Social work and child welfare politics

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

624173618

Responsibility statement

edited by Hannele Forsberg and Teppo Kröger

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

through Nordic lenses

Summary

Drawing on contemporary research and debates from different Nordic countries, this book examines how social work and child welfare politics are produced and challenged as both global and local ideas and practices.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction / Hannele Forsberg and Teppo Kröger -- Nordic family policies: constructing contexts for social work with families / Guðny Björk Eydal and Teppo Kröger -- A Nordic model in child welfare? / Helena Blomberg ... [et al.] -- From welfare to illfare: public concern for Finnish childhood / Hannele Forsberg and Aino Ritala-Koskinen -- Supporting families: the role of family work in child welfare / Marjo Kuronen and Pia Lahtinen -- Family focused social work: professional challenges of the 21st century / Sigrun Juliusdottir -- In the best interest of the child? Contradictions and tensions in social work / Reidun Follesø and Kate Mevik -- Children in families receiving financial welfare assistance: visible or invisible? / Inger Marii Tronvoll -- Listening to children's experiences of being participant witnesses to domestic violence / Margareta Hyden -- Now you see them - now you don't: institutions in child protection policy / Tuija Eronen, Riitta Laakso and Tarja Pösö -- Epilogue: on developing empowering child welfare systems and the welfare research needed to create them / Keith Pringle

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