Reforming Child Welfare in the Post-Soviet Space: Institutional Change in Russia

ISBN-13: 9780367556440 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 252 str.

Opis

This book provides new and empirically grounded research-based knowledge and insights into the current transformation of the Russian child welfare system.

Spis treści

Part 1: Introduction. 1. Introduction: Russian Child Welfare Reform and Institutional Change. Part 2: Changing Numbers, Shifting Discourses. 2. Statistics on the Deinstitutionalization of Child Welfare in Russia. 3. The ‘Last-minute Children’: Where did they come from, where will they go? Media Portrayals of Children Deprived of Parental care 2006-2018. Part 3: Transforming Institutions. 4. The　Ideal (Re)organization of Care: Child Welfare Reform as a Battlefield over Resources and Recognition. 5. Institutional Variety rather than the End of Residential Care: Regional Responses to Deinstitutionalisation Reform in Russia. 6. ‘One has to Stop Chasing Numbers!’ The Unintended Consequences of Russian Child Welfare Reform. Part 4: Foster And Birth Families Under Institutional Change. 7. ‘Making’ a Family: The Motives and Practices of Foster Parenting. 8. No Longer Parents or Parents in Need of Support? Views of Child Welfare Experts on Birth Parents. Part 5: Children In Care: Social Adaptation And Aftercare. 9. The Successful Transition to Foster Care: The Child's Perspective. 10. Young Adults Leaving Care: Agency and Educational Choice. Part 6: Conclusions. 11. In Conclusion: The Fragmented Implementation of the New Child Welfare Policy