Social Work and Child Welfare Politics: Through Nordic Lenses

ISBN-13: 9781847424068 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 216 str.

Forsberg

Opis

Children and families are at the heart of social work all over the world, but, until now, Nordic perspectives have been rare in the body of English-language child welfare literature. Is there something that makes child welfare ideas and practices that are in use in the Nordic countries characteristically 'Nordic?' If so, what kinds of challenges do the current globalization trends pose for Nordic child welfare practices, especially for social work with children and families? This book covers a broad range of child welfare issues. It provides examples of Nordic approaches to child welfare, looking at the differences and similarities between Nordic States. The book considers and critically examines the particular features of the Nordic welfare model. It draws on contemporary research and debates from different Nordic countries, and it examines how social work and child welfare politics are produced and challenged as both global and local ideas and practices.