But, with the ascendancy of neo-liberalism, the politics of citizenship is being replaced by a notion of citizens as consumers, whose medium of social interaction and source of economic and social security is the capitalist market. This book is concerned with social welfare problems and the need for citizen participation in addressing those problems. Canadian material on this subject is lacking and services are poorly developed. However there is also the problem of hinterland location and resulting marginalization of populations in Northern parts of the country. The book challenges program planners and policy makers to recognize the seriousness of the problem and its long term effects.
Contributors largely represent actual human service workers as opposed to academics.
The Paradox of Fostering. Currently, foster care services are portrayed negatively with a continuous stream of stories in the media about poor foster care services. This book tells the story of twenty foster mothers and their daily activities. Their stories are surprising, troubling and heart warming. This important and timely work belongs on the bookshelves of all scholars, students and field workers in the area of child welfare services.