TY  - GEN
AB  - The 'mixed race' classification is known to be a factor of disadvantage in children's social care and this fastest growing population is more likely than any other ethnic group to experience care admission. How does knowledge of 'mixedness' underpin policy and practice? How, when and why is the classification 'mixed' a disadvantage? Through narrative interviews with children currently in foster care, Fostering Mixed Race Children examines the impact of care processes on children's everyday experiences. Peters shows how the 'mixed race' classification affects care admission, including both short and long term fostering and care leaving, and shapes the experiences of children in often adverse ways. The book moves away from the psychologising of 'mixedness' towards a much-needed sociological analysis of 'mixedness' and 'mixing' at the intersection of foster care processes. This book will be of interest to academics and practitioners working with families and children. Peters presents a child-centred narrative focus and offers unique insights into a complex area.
AU  - Peters, Fiona,
CN  - HQ777.9
CY  - London, UNited Kingdom :
DA  - ©2016.
DO  - 10.1057/978-1-137-54184-0
DO  - doi
ID  - 806615
KW  - Racially mixed children.
KW  - Foster children
KW  - Racially mixed families.
KW  - Racially mixed people.
KW  - Racially mixed children
KW  - Racially mixed people
KW  - Foster home care.
LK  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1057/978-1-137-54184-0
N2  - The 'mixed race' classification is known to be a factor of disadvantage in children's social care and this fastest growing population is more likely than any other ethnic group to experience care admission. How does knowledge of 'mixedness' underpin policy and practice? How, when and why is the classification 'mixed' a disadvantage? Through narrative interviews with children currently in foster care, Fostering Mixed Race Children examines the impact of care processes on children's everyday experiences. Peters shows how the 'mixed race' classification affects care admission, including both short and long term fostering and care leaving, and shapes the experiences of children in often adverse ways. The book moves away from the psychologising of 'mixedness' towards a much-needed sociological analysis of 'mixedness' and 'mixing' at the intersection of foster care processes. This book will be of interest to academics and practitioners working with families and children. Peters presents a child-centred narrative focus and offers unique insights into a complex area.
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature,
PP  - London, UNited Kingdom :
PY  - ©2016.
SN  - 9781137541840
SN  - 1137541849
T1  - Fostering mixed race children :everyday experiences of foster care /
TI  - Fostering mixed race children :everyday experiences of foster care /
UR  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1057/978-1-137-54184-0
ER  -