
Child and Family Policies
Strategies, Struggles and Options
This collection addresses the changing context of child and family policies which have been ushered in by the Liberal government’s Social Security Review (SSR). The contributions analyze the implications of government policy shifts showing how they are particularly devastating for children of low income, welfare, first nations and single parent families.
About the book
The papers in this collection address the changing context of child and family policies which have been ushered in by the Liberal government’s Social Security Review (SSR). The contributions analyze the implications of government policy shifts showing how they are particularly devastating for children of low income, welfare, first nations and single parent families. They suggest policy options and some directions that advocacy groups might take in developing a politics of influence.
Contents
- Introduction: The Changing Context of Child and Family Policies (Pulkingham and Ternowetsky)
- Part 1: Feminist and First Nations Critiques of Child Welfare
- Portraying Child Welfare in the Press (M. and K. Callahan)
- Least Disruptive and Intrusive Course of Action…For Whom? Insights from Feminist Analysis of Practice in Cases of Child Sexual Abuse (Julia Krane)
- The Gove Report and First Nations Child Welfare (Glen Schmidt)
- Decentralized Social Services and Self-Government: Challenges for First Nations (Diane Gray)
- Connecting Policy and Practice in First Nations Child and Family Services: A Manitoba Case Study (Brad MacKenzie)
- Part 2: Child and Family Poverty
- Evaluating Income Support Programs and Policy Options-Campaign 2000: Child and Family Poverty (David Hay)
- Identifying Low Wage Workers and Policy Options (Clarence Lochhead)
- Fighting Child Poverty with Parental Work Income Supplements (Steven Kerstetter)
- Part 3: Advocacy and the Politics of Influence
- Advocacy, Political Alliances and the Implementation of Family Policies (Maureen Baker)
- Child Poverty Advocacy and the Politics of Influence (Susan McGrath)
- “My Kids Come First”: The Contradictions of Mothers’ Involvement in Childcare Delivery (Susan Prentice and Evelyn Ferguson)