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Gendered Power in Child Welfare
What’s Care Got to Do with It?
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2023
Summary
In Gendered Power in Child Welfare: What’s Care Got to Do with It?, Christa Jane Moore and Patricia Gagné argue that the child welfare system in Kentucky and other states is based on masculine values that were institutionalized long before women had the right to vote, hold public office, or have a voice in public law and policy. The authors draw on feminist and organizational theories and base their arguments on primary qualitative data and secondary statistics to demonstrate that, historically and today, the efforts of care workers in the child welfare system are stymied by a highly bureaucratic child welfare system that demands focus on metric outcomes. Throughout the work the authors argue for reforms—more feminized orientations that hearken back to the earliest extensions of community-centered care for those most vulnerable, especially children with protective needs.
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Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-3066-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-3067-4
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
176
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Acknowledgments No access
Preface No access
Historical Development of the Child Welfare System No access Pages 1 - 20
Historical Development of the Child Welfare System No access Pages 21 - 30
Scope and Realities of the Problem No access Pages 31 - 52
Child Welfare Systems No access Pages 53 - 66
Gendered Power in Kentucky’s Child Welfare System No access Pages 67 - 90
Lived Experiences of Child Welfare Workers No access Pages 91 - 112
Innovative Models of Collaboration in Child Welfare No access Pages 113 - 126
Future Issues in Child Welfare No access Pages 127 - 148
