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Administering child protection

A feminist analysis of the conceptual practices of organizational power

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ID9782476
AuthorsMarie Campbell (0000-0002-0903-7104, University of Victoria, corresponding author), Marie L Campbell
Year1992
Volume35
Issue4
Pages501-518
Publication date1992-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Public Administration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-4840 • E-ISSN: 1754-7121
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1754-7121.1992.tb00708.x
OpenAlexW2056177164
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited3

This article explores textually‐mediated administrative technology such as that being implemented by Ontario's Ministry of Community and Social Services to organize more effective control over the delivery of contracted services to children and families under child welfare legislation. A case study of the development and testing of a related technology, case‐weighting, initiated by the Metro Toronto Children's Aid Society, offers the opportunity for an in‐depth analysis of “conceptual practices” for exercising organizational power. It is argued that the use of conceptual practices, made practicable by improvements in computer facilities, represents a major development in managerial method which restructures organizational meanings, outcomes, and relations among participants in human service organizations. Feminist scholarship contributes both a critical stance on the approach being taken to child protection services and appropriate methodology for the analysis. Sommaire: Le présent article explore les technologies administratives fondées sur des textes, comme celles mises en oeuvre actuellement par le ministère des Services communautaires et sociaux de l'Ontario, afin de resserrer les contrôles sur la prestation de services contractuels aux enfants et aux familles, en vertu des lois sur l'assistance à l'enfance. Une étude de cas concernant la mise au point et la validation d'une technique connexe, la pondération des cas, lancée par la Société d'aide à l'enfance du Grand Toronto, permet de faire une analyse approfondie des “pratiques conceptuelles” qui permettent d'exercer le pouvoir organisationnel. L'article soutienl que l'utilisation des pratiques conceptuelles, rendue possible par le progrès de l'informatique, a grandement changé les méthodes de gestion, qui restructurent les significations, résultats et rapports organisationnels entre les participants au sein des organismes de services. Des études féministes apportent à la fois une perspective critique en ce qui concerne l'approche adoptée envers les services de protection à l'enfance et une méthodologie appropriée à leur analyse

Art · Humanities · Management · Political science · Sociology · Social Work Education and Practice

  • Caregiving as Women's Work

    Open Access•Deborah Rutman•Qualitative Health Research•1996

  • Institutional Ethnography and Experience as Data

    Open Access•Marie Campbell, Marie L Campbell•Qualitative Sociology•1998

  • Management as “Ruling”

    Marie Campbell•Studies in Political Economy•1988

  • Situated Knowledges

    Donna Haraway•Feminist Studies•1988

  • Political Activist as Ethnographer

    George W Smith•Social Problems•1990

Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,07
Citation span1996 - 1998 (3)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2

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