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"States spend billions trying to redress the abuse and neglect of young people in care. Supported by rich interviews and primary data, Stephen Winter offers a persuasive argument for flexible and survivor-focussed policymaking. Using international comparative examples, this is a field-defining text in a rapidly-growing policy domain"--
List of contents
Part I: 1. Introducing monetary redress; 2. Injurious histories; 3. What makes redress better? Part II: 4. Irish redress; 5. Australian redress; 6. Canadian redress; 7. Redress in Aotearoa New Zealand; Part III: 8. Redress policy design and delivery; 9. Who and what should be eligible for redress? 10. The evidentiary process; 11. Assessing redress claims; 12. Local and holistic support for survivors; 13. What to pay in redress and how to pay it; 14. Conclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3, Index.
About the author
Stephen Winter is an Associate Professor in Political Theory at the University of Auckland and a leading expert in state redress programmes. He has previously published Transitional Justice in Established Democracies: A Political Theory (2014), and Magna Carta and New Zealand: History Politics and Law in Aotearoa (co-edited, 2017).
Summary
States spend billions trying to redress the abuse and neglect of young people in care. Supported by rich interviews and primary data, Stephen Winter offers a persuasive argument for flexible and survivor-focussed policymaking. Using international comparative examples, this is a field-defining text in a rapidly-growing policy domain.
