Contemporary Child Care Policy and Practice - Softcover

Brid Featherstone; Barbara Fawcett; Jim Goddard

 
9780333973790: Contemporary Child Care Policy and Practice

Synopsis

This important text will provide a critical analysis of contemporary developments in child care policy under New Labour and the resulting policy and practice implications. The authors will draw on sociological debates, the growing children's rights literature and wider developments within social policy in order to provide a thorough and balanced guide to contemporary developments in this rapidly changing field. Ideologies behind recent initiatives in a wide range of practice areas are explored, and the implementation of key developments are appraised. This will be primary reading for all students specializing in work with children and their families.

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About the Author

Barbara Fawcett is Professor of Social Work (Adults and Communities), Head of the Department of Social Work and Social Care and Director of International Strategic partnerships in the School of Social Policy at the University of Birmingham, UK.; BRID FEATHERSTONE is NSPCC Reader in Applied Childhood Studies at the University of Huddersfield, UK.; JIM GODDARD is Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Bradford, UK.

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