The Contemporary Policy Context of Child And Youth Care:

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  • Mike Burnett the mayhem collective ,School of Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria, British Columbia

Keywords:

Child and Youth Care, policy, neo-liberalism, globalization, anti-imperialism, Keynesian Welfare State (KWS)

Abstract

The author argues for the importance of policy studies in Child and Youth Care (CYC), and conducts a comparison of two positions on macro-level policy relating to globalization. This article suggests that, although policy studies get little attention in CYC literature or education, policy is actually central in our work. Caring occupations like CYC arose in a specific historical social policy context, the Keynesian Welfare State (KWS). The KWS is now under attack by proponents of neo-liberal styles of globalization, and the social policy context for CYC as an occupation may be disappearing.

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Published

2004-03-01

How to Cite

Burnett, M. . (2004). The Contemporary Policy Context of Child And Youth Care:. Journal of Child and Youth Care Work, 19, 202–208. Retrieved from http://acycpjournal.pitt.edu/ojs/jcycw/article/view/386

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