Although young children have no influence on the political process, they do have ardent advocates in Canada, Sweden, and the United States. Decision makers and advocate groups in the three countries, however, differ rather markedly, with Canada taking a middle course between the factionalized United States and the highly integrated Sweden. In the…

Child care policymakers in Ontario and Michigan were compared in a study of provincial and state political processes and structures that affect child welfare. The two regions were selected due to similarities in their demographic characteristics, economic structures, and Anglo-American cultural commitments. The rationale for the study was that an…

In Ontario, Canada, the agency which has the foremost obligation for the discovery and amelioration of child abuse and neglect is Children's Aid. Elementary schools are the target of much child-abuse detection. This article develops the perceptions of a representative group of 10 workers in Children's Aid on the schools relative to child abuse.…