Modulation of the Child Protection Movement in Taiwan
Resource
臺大社會工作學刊, 1, 149-179
Journal
臺大社會工作學刊
Journal Issue
1
Pages
149-179
Date Issued
1999-05
Date
1999-05
Author(s)
Yu, A.H.Y.
Abstract
This paper attempts to explore the essence of child protection in Taiwan in the last ten years, in contrast to the transitions of child protection movement in the United States in its historical context. In the United States, "the personal moral discourse" worked against the low SES families in the 19th century, while "the medical discourse" attacted the whole range of SES families in the mid-twentieth century. The child protection system in Taiwan seemed to be affecked by both discourse. The author attempts to uncover some of the issues regarding the child protection phenomenum in Taiwan, such as (1) private agencies taking initiatives before governmental responses or intervention, (2) limited professional autonomy in the governmental bureaucracy, (3) conflict of interest between profession and clientele, (4) possible impact of the myth about motherhood and family on the decision-making of a CPS worker. The above speculations are supported by the empirical data collected in Taiwan by this author in the last two years. Child protection in Taiwan may be considered as a microcosm of the welfare development in Taiwan in the last ten years. The underlying logics of the above emerging issues calls for further attention from the academicals.
Subjects
兒童保護
醫療論述
母職迷思
案主權益
專業自主
child protection
medical discourse
myth of motherhood
clients rights
professional autonomy
Type
journal article