Gendered Power in Child Welfare

What’s Care Got to Do with It?

Christa Jane Moore (Author) , Patricia Gagné (Author)

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Gendered Power in Child Welfare

What’s Care Got to Do with It?

Christa Jane Moore (Author) , Patricia Gagné (Author)

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In Gendered Power in Child Welfare: What’s Care Got to Do with It?, Christa Jane Moore and Patricia Gagné argue that the child welfare system in Kentucky and other states is based on masculine values that were institutionalized long before women had the right to vote, hold public office, or have a voice in public law and policy. The authors draw on feminist and organizational theories and base their arguments on primary qualitative data and secondary statistics to demonstrate that, historically and today, the efforts of care workers in the child welfare system are stymied by a highly bureaucratic child welfare system that demands focus on metric outcomes. Throughout the work the authors argue for reforms—more feminized orientations that hearken back to the earliest extensions of community-centered care for those most vulnerable, especially children with protective needs.

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Chapter 1. Historical Development of the Child Welfare System Part I: Early Conceptualizations of Maltreatment
Chapter 2. Historical Development of the Child Welfare System Part II: Child Maltreatment in the Modern Era
Chapter 3. Scope and Realities of the Problem
Chapter 4. Child Welfare Systems: Bureaucracy and Complex Organizations
Chapter 5. Gendered Power in Kentucky's Child Welfare System
Chapter 6. Lived Experiences of Child Welfare Workers
Chapter 7. Innovative Models of Collaboration in Child Welfare
Chapter 8. Future Issues in Child Welfare

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Published	Jul 03 2023
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Pages	200
ISBN	9781793630674
Imprint	Lexington Books
Illustrations	2 b/w illustrations; 2 tables;
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

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Christa Jane Moore

Christa Jane Moore is associate professor of socio…

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Patricia Gagné

Patricia Gagné is professor emerita in the…

For this institutional ethnography of the child welfare system in the US, Moore and Gagné studied case files, conducted extensive participant observation, and interviewed 83 participants in the child welfare system in Kentucky, including frontline child welfare workers and system clients. What emerged was a highly bureaucratic system in which what was printed in the case files, sometimes from years past, took on a life of its own, at times in complete disregard of the families affected. As the authors make clear, this stems from the patriarchal mentality that guides the system and encourages efficiency. Throughout the text are sad and frustrating stories of the social workers and families caught in this flawed system. A meticulous review of the case files reveals how, in story after story, children are rarely returned to their families after being removed. The first two chapters offer an excellent history of the US child welfare system, beginning in the colonial era when poor children were sent to live in workhouses or auctioned off to other families for their labor. Poor families were considered lazy and immoral, a legacy the authors document to the present. This is an excellent exploration of the barriers to family reunification. Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals.

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