Caring for Orphaned Children in China

By Karen R Fisher, Shang Xiaoyuan, Karen Fisher

Book Overview

This study applies rights-based alternative-care theory and practice for orphans to China's child-welfare system, including its history and development in urban and rural areas. It analyses state child-welfare institutions; de-institutionalization; foster-mother villages; and current policy changes toward a mixed welfare approach.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498556922
• ISBN13: 9781498556927
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"