Gendered Power in Child Welfare: What's Care Got to Do with It?

Christa Jane Moore and Patricia Gagn? analyze the gendered power imposed on care workers struggling to meet the needs of vulnerable children in the child welfare system, arguing that reforms are needed that allow professionals to focus on care rather than efficiency and so families can be full partners in addressing their own needs.

Christa Jane Moore is associate professor of sociology at The University of Virginia's College at Wise.

Patricia Gagné is professor emerita in the Department of Sociology at the University of Louisville.