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When the welfare people come : race and class in the US child protection system /

Lash, Don

When the welfare people come : race and class in the US child protection system / Don Lash. - Chicago : Minneapolis : Haymarket Books Consortium Book Sales & Distribution [Distributor] Feb. 2017

Annotation In this look at the history and politics of the US child welfare system, 'When the Welfare People Come' exposes the system in its totality, from child protective investigation to foster care and mandated services, arguing that it constitutes a mechanism of control exerted over poor and working class parents and children.

9781608467433 1608467430 (Trade Paper)

9781608467433

00720099


Child Welfare.
Racism.

HV741 / .L377 2017

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