A Political History of Child Protection
Lessons for Reform from Aotearoa New Zealand
By Ian Kelvin Hyslop
Published
Jan 26, 2022Page count
214 pagesISBN
978-1447353188Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Jan 26, 2022Page count
214 pagesISBN
978-1447353171Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Jan 26, 2022Page count
214 pagesISBN
978-1447353201Dimensions
Imprint
Policy PressPublished
Jan 26, 2022Page count
214 pagesISBN
978-1447364894Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Jan 26, 2022Page count
214 pagesISBN
978-1447353201Dimensions
Imprint
Policy Press
A Political History of Child Protection
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Exploring the current and historical tensions between liberal capitalism and indigenous models of family life, Ian Kelvin Hyslop argues for a new model of child protection in Aotearoa New Zealand and other parts of the Anglophone world.
He puts forward the case that child safety can only be sustainably advanced by policy initiatives which promote social and economic equality and from practice which takes meaningful account of the complex relationship between economic circumstances and the lived realities of service users.
Ian Kelvin Hyslop is Senior Lecturer in Counselling, Human Services and Social Work at the University of Auckland. He worked in statutory child protection for 20 years of his working life and is passionate about aligning social work practice with the pursuit of social justice.
Power structures and problem definition;
Origins of child protection in Aotearoa;
Post-war child welfare;
The 1980s: a storm builds and breaks;
Revolution from above: the neoliberal turn;
Cycles of crisis and review;
Building a new paradigm
