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  • Decolonising Indigenous Child Welfare

    Comparative Perspectives

    by Terri Libesman ...
    During the past decade, a remarkable transference of responsibility to Indigenous children’s organisation has taken place in many parts of Australia, Canada, the USA and New Zealand. It has been influenced by Indigenous peoples’ human rights advocacy at national and international levels, by claims to self-determination and by the globalisation of Indigenous children’s organisations.Thus far, this ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Vulnerable Children and the Law

    International Evidence for Improving Child Welfare, Child Protection and Children's Rights

    by Nicky Stanley, Terri Libesman, Greg Kelly, Lisa Young, Patrick O'Leary, Helen Richardon Foster, Linda Moore, Una Convery0, Christine Beddoe1, Jackie Turton2, Suzanne Oliver3, Goos Cardol4, Chaitali Das5, Gladis Molina6, Shelly Whitman7, James Reid8, Meredith Kiraly9, Cathy Humphreys0, Jason Squire1, Pam Miller2, Robert H. George3, Deena Haydon4, Gill Thomson5, Rawiri Taonui6 ...
    Global support for improving child welfare and upholding the rights of children is strong, but in practice often fails to recognise the emerging gap between traditional child welfare practices and the evolving nature of child vulnerability.This book takes an international perspective on child welfare, examining how global and national frameworks can be adapted to address the rights and best ... Read more

    $99.19 USD

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  • To the Ends of the Earth

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  • Villains of All Nations

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  • The High-Conflict Custody Battle

    Protect Yourself and Your Kids from a Toxic Divorce, False Accusations, and Parental Alienation

    by Amy J. L. Baker, PhD, J. Michael Bone, PhD, Brian Ludmer, BComm, LLB ...
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  • Taken

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  • Observing Children with Attachment Difficulties in School

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    How Anthropology Makes Its Object

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  • Utopia/Dystopia

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    The concepts of utopia and dystopia have received much historical attention. Utopias have traditionally signified the ideal future: large-scale social, political, ethical, and religious spaces that have yet to be realized. Utopia/Dystopia offers a fresh approach to these ideas. Rather than locate utopias in grandiose programs of future totality, the book treats these concepts as historically ... Read more

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