. This is a continuing concern for Aboriginal individuals and families in larger urban centres such as Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver in relation to the socioeconomic situation of Aboriginal peoples. Wharf, B. and McKenzie, B. 1998. Connecting Policy to Practice in the Human Services. Toronto: Oxford University Press. This book is divided into two parts. Part I lays the groundwork for new approaches to outlining models of policy-making and the policy-making process and focuses attention on the gap between policy and practice. This book identifies some of the problems of policy making within the human services; definitions of policy, who makes policy, and the policy making context; Chapters 3 through 6 examine various models and stages of the policy making process. Part II contains four chapters that identify participatory models of policymaking and assess the potential of building a more inclusive paradigm for policy-making in the human services. The final chapters are devoted to the theme of community governance and its potential to promote a more inclusive approach to policy-making and finding ways to incorporate more inclusive approaches to policy-making in the current human services policy environments. First Nations and Aboriginal examples of policy-making models are included in the discussions throughout the book. Wharf, B. 1993. Rethinking Child Welfare in Canada. Toronto, ON: McClelland and Stewart. Rethinking Child Welfare in Canada challenges the ideologies and policies that presently shape child welfare services. It argues that caring for children is work of the highest priority, and the entire resources of child welfare agencies should be devoted to assisting and supporting parents. Further, they propose that child abuse be reclassified as a criminal offence and handled by the criminal justice system. Finally, the book suggests that community ownership of child welfare is important in order to provide an opportunity for social learning. Specific attention is given to First Nations Child Welfare in First Nations communities in Chapter 5, pp. 131-171. Wharf, B. 1992. First Nation Control of Child Welfare Services. In Communities and Social Policy in Canada, B. Wharf (Ed.). Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, Inc.: 95123. Wharf gives two examples of the process that First Nations groups experienced in taking control of their child welfare system, but he first places this in the context of a history of child
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