Child Welfare and Development: A Japanese Case Study

Sachiko Bamba, Wendy L. Haight

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Abstract

Bamba and Haight provide an in-depth understanding of the everyday experiences and perspectives of maltreated children and their substitute caregivers and teachers in Japan. Their innovative research program combines strategies from developmental psychology, ethnography, and action research. Although child advocates from around the world share certain goals and challenges, there is substantial cultural variation in how child maltreatment is understood, its origins, impact on children and families, as well as societal responses deemed appropriate. The authors step outside of the Western cultural context to illustrate creative ecologically-and developmentally-based strategies for supporting the psychosocial well-being of maltreated children in state care, provide an alternative but complementary model to the prevalent large-scale survey strategies for conducting international research in child welfare, and provide a resource for educators to enhance the international content of human development, education, social work, and child welfare courses.

Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationNew York, NY
PublisherCambridge University Press
Number of pages215
ISBN (Electronic)9781139013253
ISBN (Print)9781107002845
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011

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© Sachiko Bamba and Wendy L. Haight 2011.

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