ERIC Number: EJ927907
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-May
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0951-0605
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The Shift towards Family Reunification in Romanian Child Welfare Policy: An Analysis of Changing Forms of Governmental Intervention in Romania
Leon, Jenny
Children & Society, v25 n3 p228-238 May 2011
This article examines the transition in Romanian child welfare policy from a paternalistic attitude of taking responsibility for "abandoned" children to a capitalist orientation of reinstating responsibility for "abandoned" children to the private sphere. While this shift in child policy is often seen to reflect a withdrawal of the public sphere from the private world of childcare, this study argues, alternatively, that this shift demonstrates a change in the form of governmental intervention. This article is based on ethnographic research that examines the reflections of Romanian child welfare professionals upon their changing roles.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Welfare, Public Policy, Change, Public Service Occupations, Government (Administrative Body), Intervention, Ethnography, Attitudes, Responsibility, Private Sector, Social Services, Children
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Romania
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