| Children of the Japanese State: The Changing Role of Child Protection Institutions in Contemporary Japan Contributor(s): Goodman, Roger (Author) |
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ISBN: 019823421X ISBN-13: 9780198234210 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $189.53 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2001 Annotation: In Japan today, over 30,000 children are in the care of the state. Drawing on his long-term fieldwork in an institution for such children, Roger Goodman describes what happens to them in a country with no professional social workers and little tradition of adopting or fostering children in need of care. He explains how, in the 1990s, the convergence of several factors--in particular, Japan's rapidly declining birth-rate, its signing of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, and its "discovery" of child abuse--led to a new role for child protection institutions. In the process, he provides the first full account in English of the development and delivery of child welfare in the world's second largest economy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 362.709 |
| LCCN: 00062407 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.42" W x 9.48" (1.32 lbs) 268 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Japan today, over 30,000 children are in the care of the state. Drawing on his long-term fieldwork in an institution for such children, Roger Goodman describes what happens to them in a country with no professional social workers and little tradition of adopting or fostering children in need of care. He explains how, in the 1990s, the convergence of several factors--in particular, Japan's rapidly declining birth-rate, its signing of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, and its discovery of child abuse--led to a new role for child protection institutions. In the process, he provides the first full account in English of the development and delivery of child welfare in the world's second largest economy. |