Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Part One. Overview
4. 1. Understanding International Comparisons of Child Protection, Family Service, and Community Caring Systems of Child and Family Welfare 3
5. 2. Learning from Difference: Comparing Child Welfare Systems 27
6. Part Two. Child Protection Systems
7. 3. Promoting Change from 'Child Protection' to 'Child and Family Welfare': The Problems of the English System 51
8. 4. Forming and Sustaining Partnerships in Child and Family Welfare: The American Experience 84
9. 5. Problems and Potential of Canadian Child Welfare 118
10. Part Three. Family Service Systems
11. 6. The Plight of Paternalism in French Child Welfare and Protective Policies and Practices 149
12. 7. Child and Family Welfare in Sweden 171
13. 8. When One Door Shuts, Another Opens: Turning Disadvantages into Opportunities in Child and Family Welfare in the Netherlands 191
14. Part Four. Community Caring Systems
15. 9. From Child Welfare to Child, Family, and Community Welfare: The Agenda of Canada's Aboriginal Peoples 209
16. 10. Maori Perspectives on Collaboration and Colonization in Contemporary Aotearoa / New Zealand Child and Family Welfare Policies and Practices 235
17. 11. First Nations Child and Family Services and Indigenous Knowledge as a Framework for Research, Policy, and Practice 269
18. Part Five. Conclusion
19. 12. Learning from International Comparisons of Child Protection, Family Service, and Community Caring Systems of Child and Family Welfare 289
20. Appendix A: Partners in Child Protection and Well-Being 319
21. Appendix B: Guiding Principles for Building Partnerships 321
22. Appendix C: Timeline of the Evolution of the French Child Protection System 323
23. Glossary 327
24. References 331
25. Contributors 357