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Institutionalisation of children in the Czech Rep: a case of path dependency

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Authors

SHMIDT Victoria BAILEY Jo Daugherty

Year of publication 2014
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of sociology and social welfare
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Education

Citation
Web http://www.wmich.edu/hhs/newsletters_journals/jssw_institutional/institutional_subscribers/41.1.Schmidt.pdf
Field Sociology, demography
Keywords path dependency child protection residential care
Description Despite the development of alternative forms of care, international and domestic pressures for change, and over 20 years of efforts at deinstitutionalization, the Czech Republic has one of the highest rates of institutionalization of children in Europe (UNICEF, 2012). The continuing reliance upon residential care for children by the child protection system, particularly for children who are disabled or of Roma descent, demonstrates a case of path dependency in which a solidification of the system’s response is rooted in its past. Understanding the impact of historical precedence is key to reforming the current system.
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