Children and social policy
- New York Palgrave 1998
- xi, 262p.
Describes the welfare of children by looking at principles in Britain that have influenced social policies concerning children from 1945. Examines these policies in relation to the health and wellbeing of the child. Looks at the role of social policy in offering protection to children due to the dilemma of child abuse and abandonment. Suggests several ways that policies can be restructured so as to meet the basic needs of children.