{"id":46002,"date":"2016-03-12T02:50:08","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T02:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=46002"},"modified":"2022-01-24T02:19:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T02:19:16","slug":"fostering-mixed-race-children-everyday-experiences-of-foster-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=46002","title":{"rendered":"Fostering Mixed Race Children: Everyday Experiences of Foster Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palgrave.com\/us\/book\/9781137541833\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fostering Mixed Race Children: Everyday Experiences of Foster Care<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palgrave.com\/us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Palgrave Macmillan<\/a><br \/>\nJune 2016<br \/>\n203 pages<br \/>\n3 b\/w illustrations<br \/>\nHardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-54183-3<br \/>\nSoftcover ISBN: 978-1-349-71266-3<br \/>\nDOI: 10.1057\/978-1-137-54184-0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/dr-fiona-peters-9a55a876\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Fiona Peters<\/strong><\/a>, Visiting Researcher<br \/>\n<em>Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palgrave.com\/us\/book\/9781137541833\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.springernature.com\/w306\/springer-static\/cover-hires\/book\/978-1-137-54184-0\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The \u2018mixed race\u2019 classification is known to be a factor of disadvantage in children\u2019s social care and this fastest growing population is more likely than any other ethnic group to experience care admission. How does knowledge of \u2018mixedness\u2019 underpin policy and practice? How, when and why is the classification \u2018mixed\u2019 a disadvantage? Through narrative interviews with children currently in foster care, <em>Fostering Mixed Race Children<\/em> examines the impact of care processes on children\u2019s everyday experiences. Peters shows how the \u2018mixed race\u2019 classification affects care admission, including both short and long term fostering and care leaving, and shapes the experiences of children in often adverse ways. The book moves away from the psychologising of \u2018mixedness\u2019 towards a much-needed sociological analysis of \u2018mixedness\u2019 and \u2018mixing\u2019 at the intersection of foster care processes.<\/p>\n<p>This book will be of interest to academics and practitioners working with families and children. Peters presents a child-centred narrative focus and offers unique insights into a complex area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u2018mixed race\u2019 classification is known to be a factor of disadvantage in children\u2019s social care and this fastest growing population is more likely than any other ethnic group to experience care admission. How does knowledge of \u2018mixedness\u2019 underpin policy and practice?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,17,394,4481],"tags":[10789,1197],"class_list":["post-46002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-monographs","category-socialscience","category-social-work","tag-fiona-peters","tag-palgrave-macmillan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46002"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62868,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46002\/revisions\/62868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}