Following the law, but losing the spirit of child protection in Kenya
| dc.contributor.author | Cooper, Elizabeth | * |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-21T10:08:40Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2013-02-21T10:08:40Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-06-01 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0961-4524 | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/09614524.2012.673554 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10546/269927 | en |
| dc.description | This paper explores how an ostensibly child-centred system can fail to protect children. In some policy arenas, the Kenyan state is recognised as a leader in Africa for the care and protection of children at risk. Yet a case study of children's experiences illuminates how, despite adherence to a legislated framework and series of protocols, the Kenyan state proves unable or unwilling to ensure children's care and protection. The deployment of child-focused discourse and practice through bureaucratic documentation and judicial rulings camouflages (poorly) the state's neglect of children's perspectives and the fundamental risks to children, families, and communities. | en |
| dc.format.extent | 11 | en |
| dc.language.iso | English | en |
| dc.publisher | Oxfam GB | en |
| dc.publisher | Routledge | en |
| dc.relation.url | http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/following-the-law-but-losing-the-spirit-of-child-protection-in-kenya-269927 | |
| dc.subject | Governance and citizenship | |
| dc.title | Following the law, but losing the spirit of child protection in Kenya | en |
| dc.type | Journal article | en |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1364-9213 | en |
| dc.identifier.journal | Development in Practice | en |
| oxfam.signoff.status | For public use – can be shared outside Oxfam | en |
| oxfam.subject.country | Kenya | en |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Protection | |
| oxfam.subject.keyword | Welfare | |
| prism.issuename | Child Protection in Development | en |
| prism.number | 4 | en |
| prism.volume | 22 | en |