Young People Leaving State Care In China

Author : Shang, Xiaoyuan,Fisher, Karen
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447336709

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Young people leaving state care in China by Shang, Xiaoyuan,Fisher, Karen Pdf

In the last 20 years, state care in China has shifted away from institutional care, towards alternative care that recognises children’s rights to an inclusive childhood and adulthood. This book reviews changes in policy and practices that affected the generation of young people who grew up in state care in China during this time. The young people themselves give their perspectives on their childhood, their current experiences and their future plans for independence. These insights, combined with analysis of national state care datasets and policy documents, provide answers to questions about the impact of different types of alternative care on young people’s experiences, the impact on their identity and their capacity to live independently, finding a job, a home and relationships. All countries continue to struggle with how to improve the quality child protection practices and alternatives to group care. The results here provide evidence to researchers, governments and professionals to help to improve social inclusion by changing institutionalisation practices.

Author : Xiaoyuan Shang (Professor of child welfare),Karen R. Fisher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 1447336720

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Young People Leaving State Care in China by Xiaoyuan Shang (Professor of child welfare),Karen R. Fisher Pdf

Through the perspectives of young people themselves, this book reviews changes in policy and practices that affected the generation of young people who grew up in state care in China during the last 20 years.

Author : Shang, Xiaoyuan,Fisher, Karen
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447336716

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Young people leaving state care in China by Shang, Xiaoyuan,Fisher, Karen Pdf

In the last 20 years, state care in China has shifted away from institutional care, towards alternative care that recognises children’s rights to an inclusive childhood and adulthood. This book reviews changes in policy and practices that affected the generation of young people who grew up in state care in China during this time. The young people themselves give their perspectives on their childhood, their current experiences and their future plans for independence. These insights, combined with analysis of national state care datasets and policy documents, provide answers to questions about the impact of different types of alternative care on young people’s experiences, the impact on their identity and their capacity to live independently, finding a job, a home and relationships. All countries continue to struggle with how to improve the quality child protection practices and alternatives to group care. The results here provide evidence to researchers, governments and professionals to help to improve social inclusion by changing institutionalisation practices.

Author : Sheila Shaver
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785367168

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Handbook on Gender and Social Policy by Sheila Shaver Pdf

Providing a state of the art overview, this comprehensive Handbook is an essential introduction to the subject of Gender and Social Policy. Bringing together original contributions and research from leading researchers it covers the theoretical perspectives of the field, the central policy terrain of gender inequalities of income, employment and care, and family policy. Examining gender and social policy at both the regional and national level, the Handbook is an excellent resource for advanced students and scholars of sociology, political science, women’s studies, policy studies as well as practitioners seeking to understand how gender shapes the contours of social policy and politics.

Author : Erin Raffety
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781978829312

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Families We Need by Erin Raffety Pdf

Set in the remote, mountainous Guangxi Autonomous Region and based on ethnographic fieldwork, Families We Need traces the movement of three Chinese foster children, Dengrong, Pei Pei, and Meili, from the state orphanage into the humble, foster homes of Auntie Li, Auntie Ma, and Auntie Huang. Traversing the geography of Guangxi, from the modern capital Nanning where Pei Pei and Meili reside, to the small farming village several hours away where Dengrong is placed, this ethnography details the hardships of social abandonment for disabled children and disenfranchised, older women in China, while also analyzing the state’s efforts to cope with such marginal populations and incorporate them into China’s modern future. The book argues that Chinese foster families perform necessary, invisible service to the Chinese state and intercountry adoption, yet the bonds they form also resist such forces, exposing the inequalities, privilege, and ableism at the heart of global family making.

Author : Philip Mendes,Pamela Snow
Publisher : Springer
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137556394

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Young People Transitioning from Out-of-Home Care by Philip Mendes,Pamela Snow Pdf

This book challenges and revises existing ways of thinking about leaving care policy, practice and research at regional, national and international levels. Bringing together contributors from fifteen countries, it covers a range of topical policy and practice issues within national, international or comparative contexts. These include youth justice, disability, access to higher education, the role of advocacy groups, ethical challenges and cultural factors. In doing so it demonstrates that, whilst young people are universally a vulnerable group, there are vast differences in their experiences of out-of-home care and transitions from care, and their shorter and longer-term outcomes. Equally, there are significant variations between jurisdictions in terms of the legislative, policy and practice supports and opportunities made available to them. This significant edited collection is essential reading for all those who work with young people from care, including social workers, counsellors, and youth and community practitioners, as well as for students and scholars of child welfare.

Author : Maureen Stone
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : PSU:000045258060

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Black Woman Walking by Maureen Stone Pdf

Ask Maureen Stone when she started 'walking' and she will tell you with mild irritation, "Ever since I stopped crawling." But she is lying, she never crawled! She was a very sickly child who did not walk until she was almost three and then went on to walk the world. This is a book about travel that is not a travel book. It is a book about walking and hiking, but it is not about leisure. These activities provide the context within which the author examines and comments on issues in today's world. The approach is a provocative blend of the personal and the political, offering a different view of today's worldscape as seen through the eyes of a black woman sociologist, traveller and hiker. The result is a book which it will be difficult to put down. And which the reader will want to return to time and again. From Barbados to Bhutan, from Grenada to Guatemala, from Africa to Australia, China to Christchurch (Barbados and New Zealand) Maureen has been there, walking, observing, and listening. From the foothills of the Himalayas to the Old Man of Coniston she tells of encounters with men and women, and presents and discusses the issues and problems of today. In letters to her 'sisters around the world' and through conversations with her brothers, her travels and experiences are recounted. From the personal to the political she moves, sometimes with humour, always with painful honesty. She writes with a dash of Caribbean humour, a good helping of European sociology, and a flavouring of Eastern philosophy. This book is for Everywoman and Everyman who, if they look close enough, will find something of themselves within these pages. 'Black Woman Walking' travels a road worth following.

Author : Philip Mendes,Badal Moslehuddin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Youth
ISBN : OCLC:173480093

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Transitioning from the State Care System by Philip Mendes,Badal Moslehuddin Pdf

Author : Mike Stein,Emily Munro
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1846427916

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Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood by Mike Stein,Emily Munro Pdf

The transition from care into adulthood is a difficult step for any young person, but young people leaving care have a high risk of social exclusion, both in terms of material disadvantage and marginalisation. In Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood leading academics gather together the latest international research relating to the transition of young people leaving care, outlining and comparing the range of legal and policy frameworks, welfare regimes and innovative practice across 16 countries. The book also highlights the variations that exist between different groups leaving care. Featuring key messages for policy and practice, this book will give academics, practitioners and policymakers valuable insights into how to encourage resilience and improve outcomes for care leavers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 846 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Children's literature
ISBN : UTEXAS:059172131059941

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Harper's Young People by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : World politics
ISBN : UOM:39015082401087

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Daily Report by United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service Pdf

Author : Bernadine Brady,Pat Dolan,Caroline McGregor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351376082

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Mentoring for Young People in Care and Leaving Care by Bernadine Brady,Pat Dolan,Caroline McGregor Pdf

Mentoring for Young People in Care and Leaving Care offers a rich exploration of the theory, research and practice relating to youth mentoring as a means of essential social support. Brady, Dolan and McGregor ground their work on the premise that the informal social support provided through a high-quality mentoring relationship can help young people in care to sustain positive mental health, cope with stress and fulfil their potential through adolescence and into adulthood. It provides an up-to-date synthesis of research findings in relation to natural mentoring, formal mentoring and youth-initiated mentoring for children in care and explores the challenges and considerations relating to practice in this area. Illustrated with the details of original research with care-experienced young people, it offers much-needed insight into how young people interpret and make sense of their experiences in care and of mentoring. Written to be accessible by those with limited knowledge of youth mentoring, this timely publication will be essential reading for academics, policy makers and practitioners in the fields of adolescent development, social care, social work and youth work.

Author : Barry Naughton
Publisher : U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0892641568

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China by Barry Naughton Pdf

Completely updated, China: Adapting the Past, Confronting the Future is the latest in a series of classroom units on China from the Center of Chinese Studies at The University of Michigan. It is not only ideal for courses on contemporary China but also an excellent supplement for courses in area studies, international affairs and economics, and women's studies. Each section, in addition to essay and excerpts, also includes a bibliography of additional topical works as well as suggestions for complementary video and internet teaching resources. Geography and History: Presents a broad sketch of Chinese history from earliest times and a detailed discussion of the forces that have shaped modern Chinese history. Geography sharpens the focus to China’s rich ecological and ethnic diversity. Politics: Addresses political issues in post-Tiananmen China, including corruption, human rights, US-China relations, democratic reform, and religious and political dissidents. Society: Examines contemporary social problems that have emerged in the post-Mao era, including divorce, migrant labor, family planning, problems facing Chinese women, and the proliferation of Chinese and Western religions. Economy: Assesses the post-Mao economy after twenty years of experimentation and reform, including development of private enterprises, income disparities, case studies in rural and urban economic development, and the prospects for future growth. Culture: Reviews 20th century Chinese literature, the intersection between politics and the arts, the explosion of popular culture, and changing visual culture in modern China. Future Trends: Explores the prospects for democratization, generational change in leadership, the direction of modernization, and China’s prospects for political liberalization.

Author : Jacqueline Bhabha
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262015271

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Children Without a State by Jacqueline Bhabha Pdf

This text identifies three contemporary manifestations of stateless: legal statelessness, de facto statelessness and effective statelessness. The book provides a variety of examples, including chapters on Palestinian children in Israel including undocumented young people seeking higher education in the United States.

Author : Fran Martin
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781478022220

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Dreams of Flight by Fran Martin Pdf

In Dreams of Flight, Fran Martin explores how young Chinese women negotiate competing pressures on their identity while studying abroad. On one hand, unmarried middle-class women in the single-child generations are encouraged to develop themselves as professional human capital through international education, molding themselves into independent, cosmopolitan, career-oriented individuals. On the other, strong neotraditionalist state, social, and familial pressures of the post-Mao era push them back toward marriage and family by age thirty. Martin examines these women’s motivations for studying in Australia and traces their embodied and emotional experiences of urban life, social media worlds, work in low-skilled and professional jobs, romantic relationships, religion, Chinese patriotism, and changed self-understanding after study abroad. Martin illustrates how emerging forms of gender, class, and mobility fundamentally transform the basis of identity for a whole generation of Chinese women.