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The struggle to achieve the primary and unchanging aim of foster care - to care for abused, neglected and abandoned children from every race and culture, wherever they may be - can be assisted by facilitating a greater international sharing of problems, experiences and innovation. This highly informative book offers insight into the philosophies, policies and practices of foster care systems in 10 diverse countries that span the world's continents and reflect global trends in foster family care: Argentina; China; France; India; Japan; Poland; South Africa; Sweden; United Kingdom; United States. They represent each of the major models of welfare systems - conservative, liberal, social-democratic, and post-communist - and show wide differences with respect to racial mix, economic conditions, the value placed on ancestral ties, and the role of religion in social care.

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