Scholars mostly of social work but also sociology in the European far north explore the actual practice of social work in societies that the rest of the world characterize as child-centered welfare paradises for children. Their topics include constructing contexts for social work with families, public concern for Finnish childhood, professional challenges of family-focused social work in the 21st century, children in families receiving financial welfare assistance, listening to children's experiences of being participant witnesses to domestic violence, and institutions in child protection policy. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)