{"product_id":"child-guidance-centres-in-japan-1","title":"Child Guidance Centres in Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn contemporary Japan, 85% of children in alternative care remain housed in large welfare institutions, as opposed to family-based foster care. This publication examines how Japan has been isolated from global discourse on alternative care, urging a shift in social work and alternative care policies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the first ethnographic account from inside child guidance centres, it makes a key contribution towards understanding the closed world of Japan’s social services; including the decision-making processes by which a child is removed from the family and placed into care. In addition, regional variation in policy implementation for alternative care is outlined, with reference to detailed case studies and a discussion around organisational cultures of the child guidance centres. Where foster care is constructed as anything other than professional, it is often seen as a threat to the child’s family-bond with their natal parent and therefore not used. \u003ci\u003eChild Guidance Centres in Japan\u003c\/i\u003e destabilises this construction of the family-bond as singular and discrete, highlighting new practices in alternative care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChild Guidance Centres in Japan: Alternative Care and the Family will be a vital resource for students, scholars of social work and Japanese studies, as well as practitioners and lobbyists involved in alternative care.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54238531223896,"sku":"9781138365940","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138365940_9b95f5d3-3203-4f33-be4e-f770ab3caeb0.jpg?v=1777570230","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/child-guidance-centres-in-japan-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}