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Meltdowns and Containments

Constructions of Children at Risk as Complex Systems

Eastern Michigan University nybell{at}umich.edu

Throughout the past decade, calls for experimentation and innovation in children's services have proliferated in the US. The current tide of reform in children's services is linked not only to shifting social welfare structures but also to transformations in conceptions of the nature of childhood and children's needs. Using illustrations from one demonstration project of `wraparound' services, I suggest that these emerging programs may embed notions of children as `complex systems' - ideas that differ significantly from accounts of child development as a linear, staged and goal-oriented progression.

Key Words: childhood • children's services • service reform • wraparound services

Childhood, Vol. 8, No. 2, 213-230 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/0907568201008002005


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