TY - JOUR
T1 - Refining the national family
T2 - children's institutions and their aftermath, Ireland and Australia
AU - Gleeson, Kate
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - In Ireland and Australia, survivors of historical institutional child abuse have achieved significantly different outcomes of financial redress paid by the government. This article explores the historical, political conditions related to different modes of colonialism that shaped survivors’ experiences of institutionalisation in the twentieth century in each country, and their ramifications for contemporary campaigns for the national redress of child abuse.
AB - In Ireland and Australia, survivors of historical institutional child abuse have achieved significantly different outcomes of financial redress paid by the government. This article explores the historical, political conditions related to different modes of colonialism that shaped survivors’ experiences of institutionalisation in the twentieth century in each country, and their ramifications for contemporary campaigns for the national redress of child abuse.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85087041614&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1031461X.2020.1754440
DO - 10.1080/1031461X.2020.1754440
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85087041614
VL - 51
SP - 420
EP - 441
JO - Australian Historical Studies
JF - Australian Historical Studies
SN - 1031-461X
IS - 4
ER -