Change and Continuity in Children's Services

Drawing on a lifetime of research in the history of child welfare, Roy Parker’s collection of twelve new and revised essays explores the political, economic, legal, and ideological aspects of child care and children’s services since the mid-1850s. Parker examines how the services for some of society’s most vulnerable children have developed, as well as how well they have met and whether they continue to meet the needs of those children. An essential look at the changes and continuities within welfare policy, this book provides a historical resource that will inform the study of social work and social policy students, social and legal historians, political scientists, and government administrators.