This volume constitutes a commentary on Article 20 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, dealing with children deprived of their family e

This volume provides an understanding of how systems of child protection evolve in disparate cultural, social and economic contexts. Using the former Soviet Uni

This open access book presents a discussion on human rights-based attributes for each article pertinent to the substantive rights of children, as defined in the

This book provides new and empirically grounded research-based knowledge and insights into the current transformation of the Russian child welfare system. It fo

Undertaken at orphanages in Russia, this study tests the role of early social and emotion experience in the development of children. Children were exposed to ei