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

By:

Lash, Don

Publication details: Chicago : Haymarket Books Feb. 2017 Minneapolis : Consortium Book Sales & Distribution [Distributor]ISBN:

9781608467433
1608467430 (Trade Paper)

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LOC classification:

HV741 .L377 2017

Summary: 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.

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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.

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