Good caring and vocabularies of motive among foster carers
Employing C. Wright Mills’ concept of vocabulary of motives, this article examines the motives and attitudes of people who volunteer to foster children with high support needs. Data is drawn from a larger qualitative study involving indepth interviewing of 23 carers. When asked why they had become f...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Bucharest
2013-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology |
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| Online Access: | http://compaso.eu/wpd/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Motives_Compaso2013-42-Doyle-Melville.pdf |