Child welfare systems and migrant children : a cross country study of policies and practice / edited by Marit Skivenes, Ravinder Barn, Katrin Križ, Tarja Pösö.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Child welfare systems and migrant families : an introduction -- How the Finnish child protection system meets migrant families and children -- How the Norwegian child welfare system approaches migrant children -- Immigrant children and families in the child welfare system : the Netherlands -- Immigrant children and families in the child welfare system in Austria -- Child welfare systems and immigrant families : the case of Spain -- Public services and migrant minors in Italy : a new path for social work -- The United States : child protection in the context of competing policy mandates -- Child welfare systems and immigrant families : Canada -- Child welfare and migrant families and children : a case study of England -- Child protection of migrants in Australia -- Immigrant children and families in Estonian child protection system -- Migrant children and child welfare : a contested challenge.

The book examines where, why and to what extent immigrant children are represented in the child welfare system in different countries. These countries include Australia/New Zealand, Belgium/the Netherlands, England, Estonia, Canada, Finland, Italy, Germany, Spain, Norway, and the United States--all of them having different child welfare philosophies and systems as well as histories and practices in immigration. By comparing policies and practices in child welfare systems (and welfare states), especially in terms of how they conceptualize and deal with immigrant children and their families, we.

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