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The Palgrave Handbook of Family Policy

Author : Rense Nieuwenhuis
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030546187
Total Pages : 727 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Book Synopsis The Palgrave Handbook of Family Policy by : Rense Nieuwenhuis

Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Family Policy written by Rense Nieuwenhuis and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020 with total page 727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This engaging collection gathers theoretical and empirical insights from leading family policy experts. The authors - representing diverse countries, disciplines, and methods - bring to life the volume's innovative conceptual framework, which is organized around policy institutions, both public and private. The volume closes with a call for new lines of research that should inform family policy scholars for years to come."--Janet Gornick, Professor of Political Science and Sociology, and Director of the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA "Featuring exciting contributors from a range of often-siloed scholarly disciplines, countries and cultures, this Handbook offers nuanced insights into how interacting societal inequality factors influence family policy enactment to reinforce or improve inequality outcomes across gender, class, and nations. It is ambitious, broad-reaching, and succeeds in providing a strategic view within and across nations to inspire thoughtful evidence-based policy implications to improve societies in the future."--Ellen Ernst Kossek, Basil S. Turner Professor of Management, Purdue University, USA This open access handbook provides a multilevel view on family policies, combining insights on family policy outcomes at different levels of policymaking: supra-national organizations, national states, sub-national or regional levels, and finally smaller organizations and employers. At each of these levels, a multidisciplinary group of expert scholars assess policies and their implementation, such as child income support, childcare services, parental leave, and leave to provide care to frail and elderly family members. The chapters evaluate their impact in improving children's development and equal opportunities, promoting gender equality, regulating fertility, productivity and economic inequality, and take an intersectional perspective related to gender, class, and family diversity. The editors conclude by presenting a new research agenda based on five major challenges pertaining to the levels of policy implementation (in particular globalization and decentralization), austerity and marketization, inequality, changing family relations, and welfare states adapting to women's empowered roles

Family Policy and the American Safety Net

Author : Janet Zollinger Giele
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1412998948
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

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Book Synopsis Family Policy and the American Safety Net by : Janet Zollinger Giele

Download or read book Family Policy and the American Safety Net written by Janet Zollinger Giele and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2013 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family Policy and the American Safety Net shows how families adapt to economic and demographic change. Government programs provide a safety net against the new risks of modern life. Family policy includes any public program that helps families perform their four universal obligations of caregiving, income provision, shelter, and transmission of citizenship. In America, this means that child care, health care, Social Security, unemployment insurance, housing, the quality of neighborhood schools, and anti-discrimination and immigration measures are all key elements of a de facto family policy. Yet many students and citizens are unaware of the history and importance of these programs. This book argues that family policy is as important as economic and defense policy to the future of the nation, a message that is relevant to students in the social sciences, social policy, and social work as well as to the public at large. .

Family Policy

Author : Shirley L. Zimmerman
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452246696
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Family Policy written by Shirley L. Zimmerman and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2001-05-24 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest work from respected family policy expert Shirley Zimmerman. Family Policy offers the only single-authored reference book to provide a comprehensive and coherent introduction to the topic. The author clearly and cogently guides students through the foundations, policy frameworks, and implications of policy decisions for family well-being, ending with a carefully considered set of conclusions and implications for policy practice.

Family Policies and Family Well-Being

Author : Shirley L. Zimmerman
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780803942875
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book Family Policies and Family Well-Being written by Shirley L. Zimmerman and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1992-07-20 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the connections between family policies, individual and family well-being and political culture, this volume examines several research projects and concludes that their results challenge the view that governmental social programmes in the United States have been detrimental to family life. The results also clarify the relationship between states' political cultures and the kinds of family policies enacted. Additionally, Zimmerman provides guidelines to aid the development of a policy agenda designed to enhance the well-being of individuals and families - regardless of where they live.

Women, the Family, and Policy

Author : Esther Ngan-ling Chow
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791417867
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (178 download)

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Book Synopsis Women, the Family, and Policy by : Esther Ngan-ling Chow

Download or read book Women, the Family, and Policy written by Esther Ngan-ling Chow and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1994-06-07 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors highlight how structural circumstances in countries with various degrees of industrialization are associated with specific policies. The analyses of womens experiences reveal the variety of ways in which private patriarchy in families combines with public patriarchy in economies and states to create a system of domination which subordinates women. The authors detail how gender is constructed under specific political, economic, and cultural circumstances, and seek to understand how state policies with differing sensitivities to womens issues have produced mixed outcomes for women and their families in the process of economic development.

Family Diversity and Family Policy: Strengthening Families for America’s Children

Author : Richard M. Lerner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1475752067
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book Family Diversity and Family Policy: Strengthening Families for America’s Children written by Richard M. Lerner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family Diversity and Family Policy describes the dimensions of diversity which characterize the contemporary American family and discusses the implications for public policy and associated intervention programs linked to this diversity. The authors contend that if the programs and policies available to support families are to be most useful, they need to reflect the diversity of the families they intend to help. Beginning with a discussion of the historical and contemporary context of the American family, Family Diversity and Family Policy focuses on child poverty and argues that this topic may be usefully studied within the context of developmental systems theory. This theory systematically links the development of individuals to variations in their physical and social ecology, and is used as a framework for discussing: Contemporary challenges faced by parents charged with rearing adolescents, and the familial and societal issues that arise when the adolescents being reared are parents themselves. Current policy issues that arise from welfare debates in the United States and from recently-enacted welfare reform legislation. The importance for our nation of developing a comprehensive national youth policy. The authors draw implications for the design, delivery, and evaluation of diversity-sensitive policies and programs for families and youth, and offer a vision of how to link scholars, policy makers, and community members in multi-professional and multi-institutional collaborations promoting the positive development of American families and youth. Family Diversity and Family Policy is relevant to scholars and policy makers interested in human development, particularly of children and adolescents. In addition, it should be essential reading for practitioners and policy makers in government, private industry, and public and private social service organizations.

Successful Family Language Policy

Author : Mila Schwartz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400777531
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Successful Family Language Policy written by Mila Schwartz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-12 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the forefront of research in the emerging field of family language policy. This is the first volume to explore the link between family language policy, practice and management in the light of state and community language policy in more than 20 ethno-linguistic communities worldwide. Contributions by leading scholars from eight countries and three continents offer insights in how family language policy might be interpreted from various theoretical perspectives, using innovative methodologies. In particular, the authors present novel data on successful family language practices such as faith-related literacy activities and homework sessions, as well as management, including prayer, choice of bilingual education, and links with mainstream and complementary learning, which permit the realization of language ideology within three contexts: immigrant families, inter-marriage families, and minority and majority families in conflict-ridden societies.

The Free-market Family

Author : Maxine Eichner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190055472
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Free-market Family written by Maxine Eichner and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A steady drumbeat of bad news about the state of our nation has convinced Americans that our country has gone off the rails. But where, exactly, did we go wrong? Maxine Eichner argues that the problem is that market pressures are overwhelming American families today. Eichner links "free-market family policy," a system in which families must fend for themselves without help from the government, to unstable relationships, reduced lifespans, kids' declining academicachievement, and low levels of happiness, compared with other wealthy countries. What's called for, she argues, is market regulation and an economy structured around supporting families.

Family Language Policy

Author : Sonia Wilson
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303052437X
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Family Language Policy written by Sonia Wilson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the question of family language policy in multilingual households. Presenting six case studies which focus on the experiences of parents and children in French-English bilingual contexts, the author draws conclusions about the impact of parental language management on the family as a whole which can be applied to transnational families from other linguistic backgrounds. While many parental guides on bilingual childrearing have been published in recent years, little attention has been paid to the possible impact of such language strategies on the experiences and interrelationships of bilingual family members. This book is unique in focusing in depth on the psychology and experiences of the child, and it will be of interest to readers in fields as diverse as sociolinguistics, language policy and planning, sociology of youth and family, and child psychology.

Understanding Family Support

Author : John Pinkerton
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0857002589
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Family Support written by John Pinkerton and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding Family Support provides a definition of family support and a clear perspective on the role that it has in promoting the welfare of children and their families. Family support is a concept that has been used in a range of ways to describe various aspects of child welfare policy and practice. The authors argue that this weakens family support as an overarching child welfare paradigm. They present a unifying definition of family support along with ten principles and a series of reflective practice questions applicable to: legislation and policy; organisation, management and planning; direct work with children and families; and research and evaluation. This is an important resource for any professional engaged in policy development, service design, delivering or evaluation of family support, including social workers, residential care staff, community development workers, teachers, community police, human services managers, evaluators and policy makers.

The Dynamics of Family Policy

Author : Alice K. Butterfield
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780190616519
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The Dynamics of Family Policy written by Alice K. Butterfield and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Dynamics of Family Policy is based on the idea that all policy will affect the institution of the family. The book outlines the current state of family trends, the diversity of family forms in the United States, and underlying relationships to race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. The authors cover the effects of social problems, and the policies designed to combat them, in major areas such as welfare, food, and housing; work and employment; health care; the care and support of children; family violence; domestic partnerships and marriage; and aging. The book includes theoretical frameworks for conceptualizing poverty, and outlines the policy practice roles that professionals play in developing, implementing, and monitoring family policy. The combination of real family histories and the analysis of government interventions in The Dynamics of Family Policy will enable students to identify and maximize their role as they begin their careers in the helping professions."--Publisher's description

Handbook of Family Policies Across the Globe

Author : Mihaela Robila
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461467713
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Family Policies Across the Globe written by Mihaela Robila and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family policy holds a particular status in the quest for a more equitable world as it intersects the rights of women, children, and workers. But despite local and global efforts and initiatives, the state of family policy in different areas of the world varies widely. Through a cross-section of countries on six continents, Family Policies Across the Globe offers the current state of the laws concerning family life, structure, and services, providing historical, cultural, and socioeconomic context. Lucidly written chapters analyze key aspects of family definition, marriage, child well-being, work/family balance, and family assistance, reviewing underlying social issues and controversies as they exist in each country. Details of challenges to implementation and methods of evaluating policy outcomes bring practical realities into sharp focus, and each chapter concludes with recommendations for improvement at the research, service, and governmental levels. The result is an important comparative look at how governments support families, and how societies perceive themselves as they evolve. Among the issues covered: Sierra Leone: toward sustainable family policies. Russia: folkways versus state-ways. Japan: policy responses to a declining population. Australia: reform, revolutions, and lingering effects. Canada: a patchwork policy. Colombia: a focus on policies for vulnerable families. Researchers , professors and graduate students in the fields of social policy, child and family studies, psychology, sociology, and social work will find in Family Policies Across the Globe a reference that will grow in importance as world events continue to develop.

The Palgrave Handbook of Family Sociology in Europe

Author : Anna-Maija Castrén
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030733068
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Book Synopsis The Palgrave Handbook of Family Sociology in Europe by : Anna-Maija Castrén

Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Family Sociology in Europe written by Anna-Maija Castrén and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides a meaningful overview of topical themes within family sociology as an academic field as well as empirical realities in various societal contexts across Europe. More than sixty prominent European scholars’ original texts present the field’s main theoretical and methodological approaches in addition to issues such as families as relationships, parental arrangements, parenting practices and child well-being, family policies in welfare state regimes, family lives in migration, and family trajectories. Presenting cutting-edge research on findings, theoretical interpretations, and solutions to methodological challenges, it is a timely tool for researchers, teachers, students, and family practitioners who wish to familiarise themselves with the state of family sociology in Europe.

Family Economics and Public Policy, 1800s–Present

Author : Megan McDonald Way
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781349959082
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (59 download)

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Book Synopsis Family Economics and Public Policy, 1800s–Present by : Megan McDonald Way

Download or read book Family Economics and Public Policy, 1800s–Present written by Megan McDonald Way and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2019-09-13 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores family economic decision-making in the United States from the nineteenth century through present day, specifically looking at the relationship between family resource allocation decisions and government policy. It examines how families have responded to incentives and constraints established by diverse federal and state policies and laws, including the regulation of marriage and of female labor force participation, child labor and education policies—including segregation—social welfare programs, and more. The goal of this book is to present family economic decisions throughout US history in a way that contextualizes where the US economy and the families that drive it have been. It goes on to discuss the role public policies have played in that journey, where we need to go from here, and how public policies can help us get there. At a time when American families are more complex than ever before, this volume will educate readers on the often unrecognized role that government policies have on our family lives, and the uncelebrated role that family economic decision-making has on the future of the US economy.

Innovations in Child and Family Policy

Author : Emily M. Douglas
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739137921
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Innovations in Child and Family Policy written by Emily M. Douglas and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2010-02-08 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovations in Child and Family Policy tackles many of the common challenges that children and their families throughout the nation face: child care, family medical leave, special needs, parent education, preventing/addressing child maltreatment, witnessing partner violence, father involvement, and the justice system. Social scientists from multiple disciplines examine the efficacy of programs and policies to address such problems, and use their own research as the basis to make recommendations for expanded or new child and family programs or policies.

Work-family Balance, Gender and Policy

Author : Jane Lewis
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 184844740X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (484 download)

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Download or read book Work-family Balance, Gender and Policy written by Jane Lewis and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the three main components of work-family policy packages - childcare services, flexible working patterns and entitlements to leave from work in order to care - across EU15 Member States, with comparative reference to the US. This work also provides an examination of developments in the UK.

Family Policy Matters

Author : Karen Bogenschneider
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135013802
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Family Policy Matters written by Karen Bogenschneider and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This best-selling text integrates the latest research and cutting-edge practice to make an evidence-based case for family policy. It uses examples from around the globe to explain how families support society and how policies support families. The book also moves beyond analysis to action with pragmatic processes and procedures for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of policies by viewing them through the lens of family impact. Highlights of the new edition include: Extensive revisions with many new references and policies that reflect recent changes in the economy, politics, and family forms and familes. Many new learning tools including guiding questions, more tables and figures, chapter glossaries, discussion questions, and chapter summaries. Enhanced global perspective with a new chapter (5) that features what policies nations have put in place to strengthen and support families. A new chapter (8) that views how family considerations can improve the effectiveness of policy decisions on issues such as early childhood care and education, health care, juvenile crime, long-term care, parent education, and welfare reform. A new chapter (11) on what the policy process and policymakers are really like including how a bill becomes a law. A new chapter (12) that provides a theoretical and empirical rationale for viewing issues through the family impact lens and what innovative tools and procedures exist for analyzing the family impact of organizations, policies, programs, and practices. Several chapters that review what professionals can do in the policy arena and how they can foster compromise and common ground. Updated web-based teaching materials including sample syllabi, classroom activities and assignments, daily lesson plans, test questions, instructor insights, video links, web resources, and more. Part 1 highlights what family policy is and why it’s important and how family life in the U.S. differs from other countries. Part 2 examines the contributions family considerations can bring to issues such as early childhood education, health care, juvenile crime, long-term care, and welfare reform. Part 3 explains why polarization has stymied progress in family policymaking and guidelines for fostering compromise. Insights are drawn from the history of family policy over the last century. Part 4 provides strategies for getting involved in family policymaking. It reviews: the processes policymaking institutions use to enact legislation; new techniques for assessing the family impact of policies and programs; strategies for building better public policies; and various professional roles and careers for building family policy. The book concludes with a summary of how and where we go from here. Intended for advanced undergraduate and/or graduate courses in family or social policy taught in human development and family studies, psychology, counseling, social work, sociology, public policy, home economics, consumer science, and education, researchers and practitioners alike appreciate this book’s integration of theory, research, and practice.