Children: New Perspectives - Child Welfare in England, 1872-1969 Book

Children: New Perspectives is the first comprehensive text on social policy and child welfare. Children are all too often marginalized in accounts of the development of the welfare state, and the manner in which legislation has affected their lives is often ignored.Harry Hendrick provides a full narrative of the history of child welfare, moving through the numerous reform campaigns and legislative acts concerning child welfare protection, sexuality, medical treatment, nutrition and adoption. On another level, the book looks at the attitude of the policy makers towards children, raising questions about the nature of age relations and the extent to which children have been exploited by adults for social, economic and political ends. Hendrick reveals the way in which children have been viewed as threats to, as well as victims of, the society in which they live, and considers the consequences of various policies for child welfare.Read More