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Parenting for the State Teresa Toguchi Swartz

Parenting for the State By Teresa Toguchi Swartz

Parenting for the State by Teresa Toguchi Swartz


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Through careful ethnography and rich in-depth interviews at a non-profit foster family agency, this book takes a look behind the scenes of the troubled US foster care system.

Parenting for the State Summary

Parenting for the State: An Ethnographic Analysis of Non-Profit Foster Care by Teresa Toguchi Swartz

Through careful ethnography and rich in-depth interviews at a non-profit foster family agency, this book takes a look behind the scenes of our troubled foster care system.

About Teresa Toguchi Swartz

Teresa Toguchi Swartz is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on families; race, class, and gender; and social policy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction: The State as Parent 2. The Context of Foster Care Policy and Practice 3. Foster Care through Expert Eyes 4. Money, Meaning and Mothering: The multiple motivations of foster parent carework 5. Negotiating 'Hope': The challenges of state supervised parenting 6. Caring Professionals and Professional Caring 7. The Perils and Promises of Privatization 8. Foster Care and the Welfare State in Ethnographic Perspective Notes. Bibliography. Index.

Additional information

NPB9780415972611
9780415972611
0415972612
Parenting for the State: An Ethnographic Analysis of Non-Profit Foster Care by Teresa Toguchi Swartz
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2005-06-24
168
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