"When the welfare people come" : race and class in the US child protection system

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Label

"When the welfare people come" : race and class in the US child protection system

Title remainder

race and class in the US child protection system

Statement of responsibility

Don Lash

Creator

• Lash, Don

Author

• Lash, Don

Subject

• Discrimination -- United States
• Family services -- United States
• Low-income parents -- United States
• Child abuse -- United States
• Social service -- United States
• Social service and race relations -- United States
• Social work with minorities -- United States
• Race discrimination -- United States
• Child welfare -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

"Analyzes the history of the U.S. child welfare system and its implications today, offering ideas for reform and building solidarity. In this is groundbreaking look at the history and politics of the US child welfare system, "When the Welfare People Come" exposes the system in its totality, from child protective investigation to foster care and mandated services, arguing that it constitutes a mechanism of control exerted over poor and working class parents and children. Applying the Marxist framework of social reproduction theory to the child welfare system, the author reveals the system's role in the regulation of family life under capitalism"--Publisher description

Cataloging source

BTCTA

Dewey number

362.70973

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

HV741

LC item number

.L377 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography