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Decolonising Indigenous Child Welfare

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Decolonising Indigenous Child Welfare book

Comparative Perspectives

Decolonising Indigenous Child Welfare

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Decolonising Indigenous Child Welfare book

Comparative Perspectives
ByTerri Libesman
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2013
eBook Published 6 December 2013
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315889566
Pages 264
eBook ISBN 9781315889566
Subjects Health and Social Care, Law, Politics & International Relations, Social Sciences
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Libesman, T. (2013). Decolonising Indigenous Child Welfare: Comparative Perspectives (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315889566

ABSTRACT

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 reform has taken place with little attention from academic and non-Indigenous communities; now, Decolonising Indigenous Child Welfare: Comparative Perspectives considers these developments and, evaluating law reform with respect to Indigenous child welfare, asks whether the pluralisation of responses to their welfare and well-being, within a cross-cultural post-colonial context, can improve the lives of Indigenous children. The legislative frameworks for the delivery of child welfare services to Indigenous children are assessed in terms of the degree of self-determination which they afford Indigenous communities.

The book draws upon interdisciplinary research and the author’s experience collaborating with the peak Australian Indigenous children’s organisation for over a decade to provide a thorough examination of this international issue.

Dr Terri Libesman is a Senior Lecturer in the Law Faculty, at the University of Technology Sydney. She has collaborated, researched and published for over a decade with the peak Australian Indigenous children’s organisation.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|26 pages

From Indigenous child welfare to Indigenous children’s well being

chapter 2|27 pages

International law and the rights of Indigenous children

chapter 3|24 pages

The legacy of the stolen generations

chapter 4|28 pages

Locating moral responsibility

chapter 5|38 pages

Comparative US, Canadian and New Zealand legal frameworks

chapter 6|28 pages

Australian legal child welfare frameworks

chapter 7|39 pages

Comparative service delivery frameworks

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