| Description |
xiv, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword : Heidi Goldsmith -- Rethinking orphanages : An introduction / Richard B. McKenzie -- Part I. Child care in the United States -- The state of child welfare / Conna Craig and Derek Herbert -- The nation's child welfare problems as viewed from the bench / Estella May Moriarty -- Family preservation and child maltreatment / Richard J. Gelles -- Part II. The history and impact of orphanages -- The rise and fall of American orphanages / Marvin Olasky -- The 1994 orphanage debate : A study in the politics of annihilation / Ross D. London -- Orphanage alumnni : How they have done and how they evaluate their experience / Richard B. McKenzie -- Research on the psychological effects of orphanage care : A critical review / John N. McCall -- Fostering the demand for adoptions : An empirical analysis of the impact of orphanages and foster care on adoptions in the United States / William F. Shughart, II and William F. Chappell -- Part III. Problems in bringing back orphanages -- Social security, social workers, and the care of dependent children / Karol C. Bowdreaux and Donald J. Bowdreaux -- A public choice analysis of child care dollars : The political bias in favor of the status quo / Dwight R. Lee -- Who will mow the lawn at Boys Town? Child labor laws in an institutional setting / Margaret MacFarlane Wright -- The regulation of orphanages : A survey and critique / Michael DeBow -- Funding our children's future : The interplay of funding and regulatory philosophies on private children's homes / Joseph L. Maxwell, III -- The cost of care in institutions and families / Del Bradshaw, Donald Wyant, Richard B. McKenzie -- Part IV. The path to reform -- Rethinking orphanages for the 21st century : A search for reform of the nation's child welfare system / Richard B. McKenzie. |
| Subject |
Orphanages -- United States -- History.
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Orphanages -- Government policy -- United States.
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Foster home care -- United States.
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| Added Author |
McKenzie, Richard B.
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| Added Title |
Rethinking orphanages for the twenty-first century |
| ISBN |
0761914439 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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0761914447 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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