1st Edition
Non-Governmental Orphan Relief in China Law, Policy, and Practice
By Anna High
Copyright 2020
176 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
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Based on field studies and in-depth interviews across rural and urban China, this book presents a socio-legal analysis of non-state organised care for some of China's most vulnerable children. The first full-length book to examine non-state organised care of modern China's ‘lonely children’ ( gu'er ), this book describes the context in which abandonment occurs and the care provided to... Read more
1. Introduction: "Small Government, Big Society" and the Negotiated Emergence of Private Orphan Relief in Modern China
2. Demographics of Childhood Vulnerability: Abandonment, Adoption, and the State Response
3. The Sisters Will Take Her: China’s Grassroots Private Orphanages
4. We Just Pray: The Faith-Based Foster Home Movement
5. Two Eyes Opening: The Changing Landscape of Private Orphan Relief
6. Conclusion: Growing Up and Looking Forward
Biography
Anna High is lecturer in law at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Her primary research interests are Chinese Law and Criminal Law.
