Manufacturing 'bad mothers': a critical perspective on child neglect
Auteur :
Swift, Karen
Éditeur :
University of Toronto Press
ISBN :
9780802074355
Date de publication :
27 avr. 1995
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,3 cm
Poids :
380 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Canada
A complex and punitive child welfare system has emerged, based on a view that the children of mothers providing deficient childcare require legally sanctioned rescue by those better suited to care for them. Karen Swift challenges both the accepted view of child neglect and the present official response to it.