Parenting for the State: An Ethnographic Analysis of Non-Profit Foster Care
Author:   Teresa Toguchi Swartz
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415650670


Pages:   168
Publication Date:   01 May 2013
Format:   Paperback
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Parenting for the State: An Ethnographic Analysis of Non-Profit Foster Care


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Through careful ethnography and rich in-depth interviews at a non-profit foster family agency, this book takes a look behind the scenes of our troubled foster care system.

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Author:   Teresa Toguchi Swartz
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780415650670


ISBN 10:   0415650674
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   01 May 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction: The State as Parent 2. The Context of Foster Care Policy and Practice 3. Foster Care through Expert Eyes 4. Money, Meaning and Mothering: The multiple motivations of foster parent carework 5. Negotiating 'Hope': The challenges of state supervised parenting 6. Caring Professionals and Professional Caring 7. The Perils and Promises of Privatization 8. Foster Care and the Welfare State in Ethnographic Perspective Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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Teresa Toguchi Swartz is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on families; race, class, and gender; and social policy.

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