Set to See Us Fail

<p> Examining the interaction between families and professionals in the child welfare system of New York this book focuses on how inequalities are reproduced measured managed and contested. The book describes how state institutions and neoliberal governance police the groups which are most represented in the child welfare system including low income female-headed families living in racialized neighborhoods. The book also shows how these forms of policing produce unstable terrains and give rise to contestation among families communities and professionals. It questions and re-thinks how state welfare and protection is administered.</p>