NCJ Number
129161
Journal
Child Welfare Volume: 70 Issue: 2 Dated: (March/April 1991) Pages: 169-174
Date Published
1991
Length
6 pages
Annotation
This paper compares the traditional rural clan and extended family communal form of foster care with the more recent State-sponsored nuclear foster/adoptive care prevalent in urban areas and based in a western-style constitution and child care legislation.
Abstract
This author wonders whether the State's philosophy is realistic in light of the pervasive and manifold social problems in Kenya today. (Publisher abstract)