Families and Social Policy: National and International Perspectives

Families and Social Policy: National and International Perspectives

Families and Social Policy: National and International Perspectives

Families and Social Policy: National and International Perspectives

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Overview

Empirical research that describes ways to best handle social problems concerning families

Leading authorities’ studies show that from the effects of globalization many social and family problems and their solutions tend to be similar in nations world-wide. Families and Social Policy: National and International Perspectives explores

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781136785689
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 11/01/2006
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 418
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

Linda Haas, Steven K. Wisensale

Table of Contents

Introduction (Steven K. Wisensale and Linda Haas) Job Loss, the Family, and Public Policy (Kenneth A. Root) Poverty and Couple Relationships: Implications for Welfare Policy (Pajarita Charles, Dennis K. Orthner, Anne Jones, and Deborah Mancini) Single Mothers and Family Values: The Effects of Welfare, Race, and Marriage on Family Attitudes (Teresa Ciabattari) The Need for International Family Policy: Mothers As Workers and As Carers (Sally Bould) Organizational Responses to the Fatherhood Crisis: The Case of Fathers’ Rights Groups in the United States (Jocelyn Elise Crowley) Gender Equality and Fertility in Sweden: A Study on the Impact of the Father’s Uptake of Parental Leave on Continued Childbearing (Ann-Zofie Duvander and Gunnar Andersson) Social Policy for Family Caregivers of Elderly: A Canadian, Japanese, and Australian Comparison (Carol D. H. Harvey and Satomi Yoshino) The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit: A Policy Analysis (Nicole D. Forry and Elaine A. Anderson) California’s Paid Leave Law: A Model for Other States? (Steven K. Wisensale) Birthstrikes? Agency and Capabilities in the Reconciliation of Employment and Family (Barbara Hobson and Livia Sz. Oláh) Gender Regimes and Cultures of Care: Public Support for Maternal Employment in Germany and the United States (Marina A. Adler and April Brayfield) Leave Policies and Research: A Cross-National Overview (Peter Moss and Fred Deven) Seeking Balance Between Work and Family After Communism (Steven Saxonberg and Tomáš Sirovátka) Trading Well-Being for Economic Efficiency: The 1990 Shift in EU Childcare Policies (Inge Bleijenbergh, Jet Bussemaker, and Jeanne de Bruijn) Family Well-Being Between Work, Care and Welfare Politics: The Case of Norway (Kjersti Melberg) The Evolution of Family Policy in Spain (Gerardo Meil) Index Reference Notes Included
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