Focusing on the developments in policy and practice since the mid-1990s, this volume provides a detailed, up-to-date analysis of the similarities and differences in how child protection systems operate and their outcomes.

An insightful and humorous account of the author's first year in Norway as a foreigner. From Easter to summer holidays and Christmas, it dives deeply into Norwegian culture, language and people.

Provides insights into a lively field of international human rights politics – the protection of children and their rights – by looking at the negotiations leading to the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

This open access book critically explores what child protection policy and professional practice would mean if practice was grounded in human rights standards.

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Within a historical and contemporary context, this book examines major policy practice and research issues as they jointly shape child welfare practice and its future.

This book provides an essential one-stop introduction to the key concepts, issues, policies and practices affecting child welfare, with particular emphasis on the changing nature of the relationship between child welfare and social policy.

This text aims to present new research at the intersection of social work, law, and social policy concerning child protection proceedings for children in need of alternative care.

The book presents a comparative study of children’s constitutional rights in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.