1. Good intentions into social action -- 2. Child abuse and the regulation of male power -- 3. Juridification in the protection of the Scottish child -- 4. Doing good for children -- mission impossible? -- 5. The James Bulger trial: good or bad for guilty or innocent children? -- 6. Real and imagined communities and families -- 7. Observing children's rights -- 8. A different world for children
Summary
Annotation This book questions the relationship between personal morality and political will, challenging the assumption that changing society is merely a matter of changing attitudes and highlights the pitfalls associated with formulating social reform
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-220) and index
