Residential Child and Youth Care in a Developing World
Global Perspectives
Tuhinul Islam, PhD and Leon Fulcher, PhD - editors
ISBN 978-1-928212-20-1 (ebook) / 978-1-928212-21-8
(Paperback)
Published: 2016
Pages: 337
This volume will unsettle the beliefs
of legal, policy and rights advocates who think residential care
has no place in the continuum of services for children and
youths. No attempt is made to diminish harms served up to
generations of children in the name of residential care,
education, and treatment. That history is exposed as part of a
Western colonial history involving the servitude of children,
highlighting local practices that are nothing short of
life-saving.
– Emeritus Professor Gale Burford,
University of Vermont
This collection offers a
cross-cultural exploration of critical aspects in the
residential care of children and young people, illustrated
by narratives from countries that rarely feature in the
Western literature. Probing beyond contemporary discourses,
a deeper investigation is offered into what integrative
services in diverse contexts might look like. Instead of
focusing on whether or not residential care is desirable, it
examines the notion of quality care in developing countries
and poses questions about how non-Western policy and
practice perspectives may offer more fruitful outcomes for
young people than have been considered previously.
– Dr Rika Swanzen, Associate
Professor, Child & Youth Development, Monash South Africa
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