Set to See Us Fail

Debating Inequalities in the Child Welfare System of New York

AvViola Castellano

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

Examining the interaction between families and professionals in the child welfare system of New York, this book focuses on how inequalities are reproduced, measured, managed, and contested. The book describes how state institutions and neoliberal governance police the groups which are most represented in the child welfare system, including low income, female-headed families living in racialized neighborhoods. The book also shows how these forms of policing produce unstable terrains, and give rise to contestation among families, communities, and professionals. It questions and re-thinks how state welfare and protection is administered.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-03-10
Mått:237 x 159 x 19 mm
Vikt:412 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Anthropology at Work
Antal sidor:234
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9781800738034

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Socialt arbete och välfärd inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Viola Castellano is Senior Research Associate at the Chair of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Bayreuth. Previously, she worked at the Department of Education of Bologna University and at the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning. Her research interests revolve around ethnography of institutions, welfare and migration policies, borders externalization and global inequalities.

Recensioner i media

“The book is very good … The work is serious, original, thorough, and solid. It represents highly skilled and serious scholarship.” • Halvard Vike, University College of Southeast Norway“The book is in an insightful and thorough analysis of how oppressive dynamics are generated and understood, and how inequalities intersect in the child welfare system in the US.” • Hanne O. Mogensen, University of Copenhagen

Innehållsförteckning

List of AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1. Guilty of Being Poor: A Brief Itinerary in the Recent History of American WelfareChapter 2. What Does 'Racial Disproportionality' Mean and How Is Tackled: Genesis, Interpretations, and PracticesChapter 3. Revolving Door: The Work of Child Welfare in Making Parents Chronically UnfitChapter 4. Contesting Child Welfare: Perceptions, Negotiations, and Counter-NarrativesChapter 5. The Moral Economies of Community Participation: New Forms of Governance and Representative AmbiguitiesConclusionsReferencesIndex