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Gender and Child Welfare in Society

Brid Featherstone (Editor), Carol-Ann Hooper (Editor), Jonathan Scourfield (Editor), Julie Taylor (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-470-68478-8
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320 pages
December 2009
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Considers ways in which raising questions about gender can help researchers and practitioners better understand family relationships and issues in children's development
  • Draws on current developments in thinking about gender relations
  • Offers an overview of sociological, psychological and developmental perspectives on family relationships, child welfare outcomes and the practice/policy realities of professional interventions with families
  • Chapters address range of service settings; including family support, child health, education, child protection, domestic violence, ‘looked after’ children and youth justice