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- Book Title
- Caring for Orphaned Children in China
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
ISBN-10
1498556922
ISBN-13
9781498556927
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234313199
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
286 Pages
Publication Name
Caring for Orphaned Children in China
Language
English
Subject
Minority Studies, Alternative Family, Children's Studies, General
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Family & Relationships, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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Scholarly & Professional
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Orphaned children are one of the voiceless, often invisible, disadvantaged social communities that has resulted from three decades of rapid social change in China. Xiaoyuan Shang and Karen Fisher have done a great service to our understanding of Chinese society, as well as to the cause of orphaned children, through their examination of this social issue, current responses, and possible policy alternatives. Eventual prosperity may mitigate most problems, but in the meantime, there is a need for a more proactive agenda from government as well as society., "Orphaned children are one of the voiceless, often invisible, disadvantaged social communities that has resulted from three decades of rapid social change in China. Xiaoyuan Shang and Karen Fisher have done a great service to our understanding of Chinese society, as well as to the cause of orphaned children, through their examination of this social issue, current responses, and possible policy alternatives. Eventual prosperity may mitigate most problems, but in the meantime, there is a need for a more proactive agenda from government as well as society." --David S. G. Goodman, University of Sydney and Nanjing University
Table Of Content
Chapter 1: Changing care for orphans Part I: Alternative care and the Chinese welfare state Chapter 2: Alternative care theory and practice Chapter 3: Research methods and sites Chapter 4: Welfare system in China Chapter 5: Alternative care in China Part II: Case studies of alternative care in China Chapter 6: National census profile of Chinese orphans Chapter 7: State child welfare institutions Chapter 8: De-institutionalization of state alternative care Chapter 9: Kinship care in rural China Chapter 10: Kinship care in urbanizing rural communities Chapter 11: Caring for orphans in a rural migrant worker area Chapter 12: Kinship care in an Autonomous Region Chapter 13: Foster mother villages Chapter 14: Non-government children's welfare institutions Chapter 15: Supporting children affected by HIV Part III: Future directions for alternative care in China Chapter 16: Implications for alternative care of orphans in China Appendix: Fieldwork details
Synopsis
International media regularly features horrific stories about Chinese orphanages, especially when debating international adoption and human rights. Much of the popular information is dated and ill-informed about the experiences of most orphans in China today, Chinese government policy, and improvements evident in parts of China. Informal kinship care is the most common support for the orphaned children. The state supports orphans and abandoned children whose parents and relatives cannot be found or contacted. The book explores concrete examples about the changing experiences and future directions of Chinese child welfare policy. It is about the support to disadvantaged children, including abandoned children in the care of the state, most of whom have disabilities; HIV affected children; and orphans in kinship care. It identifies how many orphans are in China, how they are supported, the extent to which their rights are met, and what efforts are made to improve their rights and welfare provision. When our research about Chinese orphans started in 2001, these children were almost entirely voiceless. Since then, the Chinese government has committed to improving child welfare. We argue that a mixed welfare system, in which state provision supplements family and community care, is an effective direction to improve support for orphaned children. Government needs to take responsibility to guarantee orphans' rights as children, and support family networks to provide care so that children can grow up in their own communities. The book contributes to academic and policy understanding of the steps that have been taken and are still required to achieve the goal of a child welfare system in China that meets the rights of orphans to live and thrive with other children in a family., This study applies rights-based alternative-care theory and practice for orphans to China's child-welfare system, including its history and development in urban and rural areas. It analyses state child-welfare institutions; de-institutionalization; foster-mother villages; and current policy changes toward a mixed welfare approach.
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