Non-Governmental Orphan Relief in China: Law, Policy, and Practice

ISBN-13: 9781138331686 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 166 str.

Anna High

Opis

Based on field studies and in-depth interviews across rural and urban China, this book presents a socio-legal analysis of non-state organised care for some of China's most vulnerable children.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: "Small Government, Big Society" and the Negotiated Emergence of Private Orphan Relief in Modern China  2. Demographics of Childhood Vulnerability: Abandonment, Adoption, and the State Response  3. The Sisters Will Take Her: China’s Grassroots Private Orphanages  4. We Just Pray: The Faith-Based Foster Home Movement  5. Two Eyes Opening: The Changing Landscape of Private Orphan Relief  6. Conclusion: Growing Up and Looking Forward

O autorze

Anna High is lecturer in law at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Her primary research interests are Chinese Law and Criminal Law.