Previous ed. (i.e. 1st ed.): London : Routledge, 1994.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-276) and index.
CHILD WELFARE; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Child welfare: ways of seeing; 2. Providing for the 'children of the nation', 1880s-1918; 3. Child welfare in a period of economic and political crises, 1918-45; 4. Optimism and liberalism: children of the welfare state, 1945-79; 5. The Conservative age: liberal moments amid poverty, ill-health and punishment, 1979-97; 6. New Labour and child welfare: panopticism in the service of communitarianism; References; Index.
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This book offers a provocative account of contemporary policies on child welfare and the ideological thrust behind them and provides an informed historical perspective on the evolution of child welfare during the last century.