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List of Figures and Tables |
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Acknowledgements |
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Abbreviations |
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1 The politics of child protection: an introduction |
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1 | (13) |
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2 | (2) |
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Comparing child protection systems |
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4 | (6) |
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Central themes and overall argument |
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10 | (4) |
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2 Children's services in the postwar period |
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14 | (17) |
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14 | (2) |
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The Children Act 1948 and the establishment of local authority children's departments |
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16 | (2) |
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The establishment of `the family service' |
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18 | (1) |
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The growing crisis in child protection |
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19 | (3) |
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22 | (2) |
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Developments in the 1990s |
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24 | (6) |
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30 | (1) |
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3 New Labour, children and childhood |
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31 | (14) |
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The `Third Way' and the `social investment state' |
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32 | (1) |
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New Labour and modernization |
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33 | (4) |
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Combating social exclusion |
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37 | (3) |
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New Labour's policy for children and families |
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40 | (2) |
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42 | (3) |
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4 The Every Child Matters agenda and beyond |
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45 | (24) |
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Every Child Matters and the Children Act 2004 |
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47 | (4) |
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Every Child Matters; Change for Children |
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51 | (9) |
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Building on Every Child Matters: developments from 2005 to 2008 |
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60 | (4) |
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Tensions and contradictions in New Labour's children's policy |
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64 | (3) |
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67 | (2) |
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5 The tragedy of Baby Peter Connelly and its effects |
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69 | (20) |
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70 | (9) |
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Baby P and the `politics of outrage' |
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79 | (8) |
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87 | (2) |
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6 Central government guidance and child protection: 1974--2010 |
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89 | (16) |
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The beginnings of the contemporary child protection system |
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90 | (1) |
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From the protection of children from abuse to the safeguarding and promotion of children's welfare |
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91 | (4) |
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Working Together in the context of Every Child Matters |
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95 | (2) |
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97 | (3) |
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Working Together in the post-Baby P era |
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100 | (3) |
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103 | (2) |
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7 `Social breakdown', the `big society' and the Conservative-led coalition government |
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105 | (15) |
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The coalition government: some key background ideas |
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106 | (6) |
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The Coalition: Our Programme for Government |
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112 | (4) |
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From `the big society' to open public services |
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116 | (3) |
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119 | (1) |
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8 Reforming child protection: a child-centred system? |
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120 | (19) |
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The Munro Review of Child Protection |
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122 | (7) |
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Working Together to Safeguard Children (2013) |
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129 | (8) |
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137 | (2) |
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9 Child welfare reform and the authoritarian neoliberal state |
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139 | (19) |
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139 | (2) |
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Policies and services for children and families |
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141 | (6) |
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Cutting and refocusing children's services |
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147 | (7) |
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154 | (4) |
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10 Child protection and social work |
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158 | (16) |
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Revisiting Governing the Family: Child Care, Child Protection and the State |
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160 | (6) |
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The impact of the Maria Colwell scandal on child protection and social work |
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166 | (1) |
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`Folk devils' and the nature and impact of the `moral panics' |
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167 | (6) |
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173 | (1) |
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11 Moving beyond individualized child protection systems |
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174 | (20) |
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The prevalence of child maltreatment |
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180 | (5) |
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185 | (2) |
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Recognizing rights, social harms and structural inequalities |
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187 | (5) |
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192 | (2) |
Appendix |
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194 | (6) |
Notes |
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200 | (13) |
References |
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213 | (35) |
Index |
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