Thesis
Child guidance centres in Japan: regional variation in policy implementation and the family-bond
- Abstract:
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In contemporary Japan, approximately 85 per cent of children in alternative care are placed in large institutions. This contrasts with global discourse, encapsulated in the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, and with practice in most OECD countries, which use foster care more extensively. Explanations for Japan’s outlier status often focus on a homogenous national culture, yet there is significant regional variation between local authorities in how policy is implemented, m...
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+ Goodman, R
Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
St Antony's College
Role:
Supervisor
+ Seeleib-Kaiser, M
Department:
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Role:
Supervisor
+ Smith, T
Department:
Social Policy and Intervention
Role:
Examiner
+ Peng, I
Department:
University of Toronto
Role:
Examiner
Funding
+ Economic and Social Research Council
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Funding agency for:
King, M
Grant:
ES/J500112/1
Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Language:
- English
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- UUID:
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- Deposit date:
- 2018-02-05
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- Copyright holder:
- King, M
- Copyright date:
- 2017
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