INSTITUTIONALIZED CHILD CARE IN URBAN SOUTH AFRICA

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter
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I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 1
Purpose of the Study ........................................................................................ 2
The Research Question .................................................................................... 4
Organization of the Thesis ............................................................................... 5
Researcher Background ................................................................................... 6
II. LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................................ 9
Complexity and Terminology .......................................................................... 10
Cultural Understandings of Orphanages ......................................................... 11
A Historical Context ........................................................................... 11
Present Day Associations .................................................................... 14
Charities and Orphanages ................................................................... 15
The International Context ............................................................................... 18
Western Disparity ............................................................................... 18
The Rediscovery of Orphanages ......................................................... 19
The Globalization of Humanitarianism .............................................. 21
Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Sub Saharan Africa .................. 2
The Critique of Institutionalization ................................................................. 26
Are institutions the best approach? ..................................................... 26
What are the alternative options? ........................................................ 28
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