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Change and Continuity in Children's Services - by Roy Parker (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- This collection of 12 new and revised essays on child care and children's services, written by leading child welfare historian Roy Parker, draws on his lifetime of research in this area.
- About the Author: Roy Parker (d. 2017) was professor emeritus of social policy at the University of Bristol.
- 224 Pages
- Political Science, Public Policy
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About the Book
This collection of 12 new and revised essays on child care and children's services gives a unique and lasting review of child care services explaining significant political, economic, legal and ideological aspects of this history from the mid-1850s.Book Synopsis
This collection of 12 new and revised essays on child care and children's services, written by leading child welfare historian Roy Parker, draws on his lifetime of research in this area.
By exploring various topics these essays explain significant political, economic, legal and ideological aspects of this history from the mid-1850s. This unique and lasting review of child care services allows readers to understand how the services for some of society's most vulnerable children have become what they are, how well they have met and now meet the needs of those children.
The collection provides a high-quality, historical reference resource that will inform and capture the interest of social work and social policy students as well as social and legal historians, political scientists and those involved in administration and government, struggling with the issues of the day.
Review Quotes
"Highly recommended... enables the reader to engage with the text and its multiple use of statistics in a manner that does not hamper the reader's understanding." Child Care in Practice
"Roy's book is to be commended to anyone who wants to think about child care services, whether they are politicians, professionals or academics to that they may learn from the past and from identifying trends, underlying themes and potential pitfalls, when putting together new approaches." The Therapeutic Care Journal
"This is a book that should be read by every serious researcher, policy maker, manager and senior practitioner in children's services." Research, Policy and Planning
About the Author
Roy Parker (d. 2017) was professor emeritus of social policy at the University of Bristol. Formerly he taught at the LSE. Before his academic career he worked as a child care officer and in residential care.