Table of Contents: Precarious childhood in post-independence Ireland

Main Author:	Maguire, Moira
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Manchester, U.K. ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:	Children with social disabilities > Government policy > 20th century. > Ireland > History Poor children > Government policy > 20th century. > Ireland > History Christianity and politics > Catholic Church > 20th century. > History Ireland > Social conditions > 20th century. Ireland > Politics and government > 1922-
Online Access:	http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10623390

Table of Contents:

Poverty, family dysfunction, and state provision for neglected children
Cherished equally? "Outdoor" provision for illegitimate children
Cherished equally? Institutional provision for illegitimate children
Legislating care and protection : the Carrigan Committee, the age of consent, and adoption
The abused child?
Sanctity of child life? Official responses to infanticide
Desperate act or wilful choice? Infanticide and unwanted children.