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Children Who Could Have Been: Legacy Of Child Welfare I

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Author: William M. EpsteinPublisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr
ISBN-10: 0299163806Subject: Social Sciences
ISBN-13: 9780299163808Topic: --
Format: HardcoverLanguage: --
Publication Year: 1999Condition: Good
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This analysis of the foster care system is based on case studies and studies of case studies--and together they convey a picture of a system that has failed miserably. Flawed methodology, politicized agendas, and cost benefit analyses drive a system that somehow subverts the original intention--which is to help children.

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William Epstein takes an unblinking look at the failure of public child welfare in America. The paltry response to children in need, Epstein contends, opens windows onto the nation's soul, revealing a profoundly disturbing lack of generosity in the face of deserving and needy children. Epstein analyzes in detail the decay of the child welfare system through the case histories of Natalie and Adam, two children who have spent their lives in and out of foster homes and orphanages. He shows how few studies actually measure the child's real outcomes, and how unreliable social scientific research has ultimately been used to rationalize policies of public neglect. He condemns conservatives and liberals alike for their participation in this neglect, demonstrating that the now popular social efficiency model in welfare reform, designed to reduce public responsibility, does not and cannot provide adequate care. In a media environment that focuses increasingly on the "undeserving" recipients of public aid, Children Who Could Have Been shines a light on the human side of the debate. Epstein's is a principled voice for this important social issue.


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Children Who Could Have Been: Legacy Of Child Welfare In Wealthy America

William M. Epstein

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Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good
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ISBN: 0299163806
Publication Date: 1999-07-29
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Pages: 170
Height: 0.7200 inches
Width: 6.3200 inches
Weight: 0.8700 pounds

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