"When the Welfare People Come": Race and Class in the US Child Protection System

"When the Welfare People Come": Race and Class in the US Child Protection System
ISBN-10
1608467503
ISBN-13
9781608467501
Category
Social Science
Pages
222
Language
English
Published
2017-01-15
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Author
Don Lash

Description

In this groundbreaking look at the history and politics of the US child welfare system, "When the Welfare People Come" exposes the system in its totality, from child protective investigation to foster care and mandated services, arguing that it constitutes a mechanism of control exerted over poor and working class parents and children. Applying the Marxist framework of social reproduction theory to the child welfare system, the author reveals the system's role in the regulation of family life under capitalism. Don Lash is an attorney who has practiced in the areas of disability rights, education, and child welfare for more than twenty years.

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