The Resource Manufacturing "bad mothers" : a critical perspective on child neglect, Karen J. Swift
Manufacturing "bad mothers" : a critical perspective on child neglect, Karen J. Swift
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The item Manufacturing "bad mothers" : a critical perspective on child neglect, Karen J. Swift represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- Child neglect has been characterized over the past century as a problem of deficient care of children by mothers. A complex and punitive child welfare system has emerged, based on a view that the children of these mothers require legally sanctioned rescue by those better suited to care for them. Karen Swift challenges both the accepted view of child neglect and the present official response to it. Beginning from a critical theoretical perspective, she argues that our usual perceptions of neglect hide and distort important social realities. This distorted perception only serves to reproduce the conditions of poverty, marginalization, and violence in which these families live. The current child welfare system, far from rescuing neglected children, helps instead to ensure the continuation of their problems, and the outcome is especially dramatic and damaging in Aboriginal communities. Swift explores the historical, organizational, and professional dimensions within which child neglect becomes a visible social reality. Also examined are relations of class, race, and gender embedded in our usual understanding of child neglect. The discussion shows how these relations are continually reproduced through ordinary, everyday work practices of social workers and others who deal with mothers accused of child neglect. The 'good parent' model, through which help and authority are apparently merged, continually indicates that the mothers are unworthy of help. Their own experience disappears as they are faced with procedures designed to examine their present suitability for the job of parenting. The same procedures produce a situation in which children are being helped through the exertion of state authority over their parents - but most of the help provided children is theoretical, and some of it is quite damaging. Swift also looks at both current and alternative notions of helping families. Finally, she argues that each of us can help to transform oppressive social realities
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 218 pages)
- Contents
-
- 1. Home Alone
- 2. A Critical Approach to Child Neglect
- 3. The Social Context of Neglect
- 4. Chronic Dirt and Disorder: Producing a Case of Child Neglect
- 5. Personality or Poverty?
- Contradictory Views of Neglect
- 6. Neglect as Failed Motherhood
- 7. The Colour of Neglect
- 8. 'Good Parents': The Current Approach to Neglect
- 9. Transformations
- Isbn
- 9781442676978
- Label
- Manufacturing "bad mothers" : a critical perspective on child neglect
- Title
- Manufacturing "bad mothers"
- Title remainder
- a critical perspective on child neglect
- Statement of responsibility
- Karen J. Swift
- Subject
-
- Child abuse
- Electronic books
- Enfants négligés
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Abuse | Child Abuse
- Kindesmisshandlung
- SELF-HELP -- Abuse
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sexual Abuse & Harassment
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Work
- Service social aux enfants
- Service social aux enfants négligés
- Service social familial
- Social service -- Methodology
- Social service -- Methodology
- Social work with children
- Social work with children
- Sozialarbeit
- Violence envers les enfants -- Prévention
- Child abuse
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Child neglect has been characterized over the past century as a problem of deficient care of children by mothers. A complex and punitive child welfare system has emerged, based on a view that the children of these mothers require legally sanctioned rescue by those better suited to care for them. Karen Swift challenges both the accepted view of child neglect and the present official response to it. Beginning from a critical theoretical perspective, she argues that our usual perceptions of neglect hide and distort important social realities. This distorted perception only serves to reproduce the conditions of poverty, marginalization, and violence in which these families live. The current child welfare system, far from rescuing neglected children, helps instead to ensure the continuation of their problems, and the outcome is especially dramatic and damaging in Aboriginal communities. Swift explores the historical, organizational, and professional dimensions within which child neglect becomes a visible social reality. Also examined are relations of class, race, and gender embedded in our usual understanding of child neglect. The discussion shows how these relations are continually reproduced through ordinary, everyday work practices of social workers and others who deal with mothers accused of child neglect. The 'good parent' model, through which help and authority are apparently merged, continually indicates that the mothers are unworthy of help. Their own experience disappears as they are faced with procedures designed to examine their present suitability for the job of parenting. The same procedures produce a situation in which children are being helped through the exertion of state authority over their parents - but most of the help provided children is theoretical, and some of it is quite damaging. Swift also looks at both current and alternative notions of helping families. Finally, she argues that each of us can help to transform oppressive social realities
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- MT4IT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Swift, Karen
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Child abuse
- Social work with children
- Social service
- Violence envers les enfants
- Service social aux enfants négligés
- Service social aux enfants
- Service social familial
- Enfants négligés
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
- SELF-HELP
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Child abuse
- Social service
- Social work with children
- Kindesmisshandlung
- Sozialarbeit
- Label
- Manufacturing "bad mothers" : a critical perspective on child neglect, Karen J. Swift
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-210) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. Home Alone -- 2. A Critical Approach to Child Neglect -- 3. The Social Context of Neglect -- 4. Chronic Dirt and Disorder: Producing a Case of Child Neglect -- 5. Personality or Poverty? -- Contradictory Views of Neglect -- 6. Neglect as Failed Motherhood -- 7. The Colour of Neglect -- 8. 'Good Parents': The Current Approach to Neglect -- 9. Transformations
- Control code
- ocn288105718
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 218 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781442676978
- Lccn
- 95171073
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt57kjh
- Publisher number
- 420806
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)288105718
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Manufacturing "bad mothers" : a critical perspective on child neglect, Karen J. Swift
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-210) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. Home Alone -- 2. A Critical Approach to Child Neglect -- 3. The Social Context of Neglect -- 4. Chronic Dirt and Disorder: Producing a Case of Child Neglect -- 5. Personality or Poverty? -- Contradictory Views of Neglect -- 6. Neglect as Failed Motherhood -- 7. The Colour of Neglect -- 8. 'Good Parents': The Current Approach to Neglect -- 9. Transformations
- Control code
- ocn288105718
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 218 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781442676978
- Lccn
- 95171073
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt57kjh
- Publisher number
- 420806
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)288105718
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Child abuse
- Electronic books
- Enfants négligés
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Abuse | Child Abuse
- Kindesmisshandlung
- SELF-HELP -- Abuse
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sexual Abuse & Harassment
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Work
- Service social aux enfants
- Service social aux enfants négligés
- Service social familial
- Social service -- Methodology
- Social service -- Methodology
- Social work with children
- Social work with children
- Sozialarbeit
- Violence envers les enfants -- Prévention
- Child abuse
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