Overview
- Places foster care in a long historical perspective, examining its Austalian history from the nineteenth century to present day
- Uses both historical and contemporary case studies to demonstrate the ongoing failures of foster care
- Presents high-level critique and conceptual reflection, drawing from archival sources, oral history and public policy
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood (PSHC)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Looking for the ‘Care’ in Foster Care
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Shaping the Lives of the Invisible Children of the State
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About the authors
Deidre Michell is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Criminology & Gender Studies at the University of Adelaide, Australia. She has previously published Against the Odds (2015), and her research explores the lived experience of the marginalised, such as Australian citizens who have been in state care and gone to university.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Slow Evolution of Foster Care in Australia
Book Subtitle: Just Like a Family?
Authors: Nell Musgrove, Deidre Michell
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93900-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-93899-8Published: 28 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06740-3Published: 13 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-93900-1Published: 10 August 2018
Series ISSN: 2634-6532
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6540
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 314
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Australasian History, Social History, Modern History, World History, Global and Transnational History, Children, Youth and Family Policy