Children in Society

PAM FOLEY is Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Welfare at the Open University. Her research interests include child health and discourses of child birth.JEREMY ROCHE is Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Welfare at the Open University. He has written on children's rights and is co-editor of Youth in Society, The Changing Experiences of Youth (both Sage 1997) and The Law and Social Work (Macmillan 2000).STANLEY TUCKER is Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Welfare at the Open University. He has written on the impact of social policy on the lives of children and young people and is co-editor of Youth in Society and The Changing Experiences of Youth (both Sage 1997).

• List of ContributorsChildren in Society: Contemporary Theory, Policy and Practice; P.Foley, J.Roche and S.TuckerSECTION 1: CONTEMPORARY CHILDHOODSThe Development of Child Health and Welfare Services in England (1900-1948); P.FoleyThe Changing Experiences of Childhood; M.RobbConstructing Childhood, Constructing Child Concern; W.Stainton RogersThe Demonization of Children: From the Symbolic to the Institutional; B.GoldsonRacism: An Important Factor in Practice with Ethnic Minority Children and Families; K.Owusu-BempahChildcare Policy; M.RobertsTowards a 'Children's Policy' for the European Union?; S.RuxtonSECTION 2: QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CHILDRENQuality of Life for Children; J.RocheChildren's Welfare and Children's Rights; G.Lansdown'Our Bodies, Ourselves'? Mothers, Children and Health Care at Home; P.FoleyListening to Children; N.ThomasCommunity Development A Strategy for Empowerment; S.TuckerSECTION 3:CONCEPTUAL AND PRACTICE FRAMEWORKSWorking Towards Consensus: Children's Hearings in Scotland; A.GriffithsParental Responsibility; L-A.CullThe Impact of Domestic Violence on Children; C.HumphreysPrimary Education in Scotland; D.ChristieChildren, Sexual Abuse and the Child Protection System; L.GreenFoster Families; D.BerridgeExternal Influences on Workplace Competence: Improving Services to Children and Families; R.FlynnAn Ecological Perspective on Child Abuse; G.JackSECTION 4: WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIESChildren's Health at School; B.MayallTheories of Child Development; W.Stainton RogersWorking with Disabled Children; R.MarchantInvolving Children and Families in Decision-Making About Health; C.Thurston and J.ChurchMen Working in Childcare; M.RobbPerspectives on Parenting; D.BrownDeveloping Partnership Practice; J.PinkertonReferences.

'...this is a very well-edited book, and nearly every contribution is succinct, informative and well-referenced...taken together they offer a comprehensive, genuinely multi-disciplinary overview of current thinking about children in European society' - Sonia Jackson, Research Professor, School of Social Sciences, University of Wales, Swansea, Social Work Education