Childhood in Kinship Care

A Longitudinal Investigation

Jeanette Skoglund, Renee Thørnblad, Amy Holtan

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Routledge
25 September 2023

Age groups: children; Social welfare & social services; Social work

Kinship foster care involves placing children who cannot live at home in foster care with other members of their family or close network. This book sheds light on different aspects of kinship care development and practice.

Using a 20-year longitudinal research study from Norway, this book shows the historical development of kinship care in Norway, research on kinship care, and how family life and relations are negotiated and lived in the span between private and public sphere. It includes the perspectives of the children, their parents and their relatives who have functioned as foster parents. Recognising that kinship care is complex, and needs to be understood and studied from different perspectives, the book describes, analyses and discusses a number of subjects: kinship care in a child welfare historical context, families who are part of kinship care and their perspectives, the formal frameworks around kinship care, and research approaches which have dominated research into kinship care.

This book will be of interest to all scholars, students and professionals working in social work and child welfare more broadly, both in the Nordic countries and in a wider international context.

By: Jeanette Skoglund, Renee Thørnblad, Amy Holtan
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032138947
ISBN 10: 1032138947
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 25 September 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jeanette Skoglund is associate professor at RKBU North, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Renee Thørnblad is professor RKBU North, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Amy Holtan is professor emerita at RKBU North, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway.