Manufacturing "bad mothers" : a critical perspective on child neglect /

Manufacturing "bad mothers" : a critical perspective on child neglect /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Swift, Karen.
Imprint:	Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c1995.
Description:	x, 218 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Abandoned children -- Services for. Abused children -- Services for. Child abuse -- Prevention. Social work with children. Family social work. Abandoned children -- Services for. Abused children -- Services for. Child abuse -- Prevention. Family social work. Social work with children.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2327500

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ISBN:	0802029787 (bound) 0802074359 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-210) and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Home Alone
2. A Critical Approach to Child Neglect
3. The Social Context of Neglect
4. Chronic Dirt and Disorder: Producing a Case of Child Neglect
5. Personality or Poverty? - Contradictory Views of Neglect
6. Neglect as Failed Motherhood
7. The Colour of Neglect
8. 'Good Parents': The Current Approach to Neglect
9. Transformations.