Social Work and Irish People in Britain: Historical and Contemporary Responses to Irish Children and Families

Paul Michael Garrett

doi:10.46692/9781847425959

Social Work and Irish People in Britain

Historical and Contemporary Responses to Irish Children and Families

Dominant social work and social care discourses on 'race' and ethnicity often fail to incorporate an Irish dimension. This book challenges this omission and provides new insights into how social work has engaged with Irish children and their families, historically and to the present day.

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Social Work and Irish People in Britain

Historical and Contemporary Responses to Irish Children and Families

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iv

List of tables and figures
pp v-v

Acknowledgements
pp vi-vi

Dedication
pp viii-viii

List of abbreviations
pp vii-vii

Introduction
pp 1-20

one - Fleeing Ireland: social exclusion and the flight of Irish ‘unmarried mothers’ to England in the 1950s and 1960s
pp 21-38

two - Responses in Britain to the PFIs: the repatriation of ‘unmarried mothers’ to Ireland in the 1950s and 1960s
pp 39-54

three - The ‘daring experiment’: London County Council and the discharge from care of children to Ireland in the 1950s and 1960s
pp 55-72

four - ‘Race’, ethnicity and Irish ‘invisibility’
pp 73-88

five - Social services departments and Irish children and families in the early 21st century
pp 89-108

six - ‘Maximising things for your community’: the views of social workers
pp 109-130

Conclusion
pp 131-144

References
pp 145-168

Appendix A - Information derived from the Department of Health ‘Children in Need’ (CIN) survey, September-October 2001
pp 169-170

Appendix B - Statistical responses to the questionnaire mailed to social services departments in England and Wales
pp 171-174

Index
pp 175-183

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pp 184-184

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