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Gendered Power in Child Welfare

What's Care Got to Do with It?
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In Gendered Power in Child Welfare: What's Care Got to Do with It?, Christa Jane Moore and Patricia Gagne argue that the child welfare system in Kentucky and other states is based on masculine values that were institutionalized long before women had the right to vote, hold public office, or have a voice in public law and policy. The authors draw on feminist and organizational theories and base their arguments on primary qualitative data and secondary statistics to demonstrate that, historically and today, the efforts of care workers in the child welfare system are stymied by a highly bureaucratic child welfare system that demands focus on metric outcomes. Throughout the work the authors argue for reforms-more feminized orientations that hearken back to the earliest extensions of community-centered care for those most vulnerable, especially children with protective needs.
Christa Jane Moore is associate professor of Sociology at The University of Virginia's College at Wise. Patricia Gagne is professor emerita in the Department of Sociology at the University of Louisville.
Chapter 1. Historical Development of the Child Welfare System Part I: Early Conceptualizations of Maltreatment Chapter 2. Historical Development of the Child Welfare System Part II: Child Maltreatment in the Modern Era Chapter 3. Scope and Realities of the Problem Chapter 4. Child Welfare Systems: Bureaucracy and Complex Organizations Chapter 5. Gendered Power in Kentucky's Child Welfare System Chapter 6. Lived Experiences of Child Welfare Workers Chapter 7. Innovative Models of Collaboration in Child Welfare Chapter 8. Future Issues in Child Welfare
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