Manufacturing 'Bad Mothers' by Karen Swift
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.
'Even those who disagree with Swift will find her thoughts on child neglect stimulating and thought-provoking' -- Jane Heath Canadian Book Review Annual 'This book is an informative and useful addition to the social work literature, and one can only hope that practitioners will overcome their anti-intellectualism sufficiently to read and benefit from its many insights; and that social work teachers and trainers will consider the suggestions and strategies which result from this critical perspective on child neglect.' -- Maureen Stone Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 'Offers an explanation of why solutions to the problem of child neglect remain beyond the grasp of child-welfare services. The explanation is insightful and alarming - insightful because the author uncovers contradictions in the ways child-welfare services are constructed and delivered to families accused of neglecting their children and alarming because child-welfare organizations and workers are implicated as part of the problem.' -- Martha Raske Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services
Karen J. Swift is a professor in the School of Social Work at York University.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780802074355 |
| ISBN 10 | 0802074359 |
| Title | Manufacturing 'Bad Mothers' |
| Author | Karen Swift |
| Series | Heritage |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
| Year published | 1995-04-27 |
| Number of pages | 218 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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