Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Emergence of Child Saving: Influence of the Christian Mission and Prison-Reform Movements -- 2 The Evil Twins of Cruelty and Neglect: Seeds of Moral and Social Problems -- 3 'Cultivating Children as You Would Valuable Plants:' The Gardening Governmentality of Parenting and Child Saving -- 4 Reports, Visits, and Case Records: Processes of Establishing Power/Knowledge -- 5 The Shelter: A Locus of Organizing and Transforming Power Relations -- 6 The Detention Room: A Jail under Children's Aid Auspices? -- 7 Foster Care: A Technology for Applying Proper Parental Power -- 8 Child Protection at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century: 'Keeping Kids Safe' -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
Summary
This book marks a serious advancement in the study of Canadian social history, critical analysis of child welfare, and governmentality studies in social work
