ISBN:
9781610444125
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1610444124
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0871546256
,
9780871546258
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xxvii, 296 pages)
,
illustrations
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Future of the family
DDC:
306.85/0973
Keywords:
Famille / États-Unis
;
Politique familiale / États-Unis
;
Enfants / Protection, assistance, etc / États-Unis
;
Child welfare
;
Families
;
Family policy
;
Social history
;
Gezin
;
Gezinsproblemen
;
Kinderen
;
Overheidsbeleid
;
Aide à l'enfance
;
Famille
;
Politique familiale
;
Condition sociale
;
20e siècle
;
Familienpolitik
;
Soziale Situation
;
Kindeswohl
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
;
Kind
;
Politik
;
Sozialgeschichte
;
Families
;
Family policy
;
Child welfare
;
Kindeswohl
;
Soziale Situation
;
Familienpolitik
;
USA
;
USA
;
USA
;
Familienpolitik
;
Soziale Situation
;
Kindeswohl
Description / Table of Contents:
"This book takes stock of the state of the family in the United States today and addresses the ways in which public policy affects the family and vice versa."--Jacket
Note:
Print version record
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A Dahrendorf inversion and the twilight of the family: the challenge to the conference
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Challenge of family system changes for research and policy
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Spread of single-parent families in the United States since 1960
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Unmarried cohabitation and parenthood: here to stay? European perspectives
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Single-parent poverty, inequality, and the welfare state
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Father absence and child well-being: a critical review
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Fatherlessness in non-intact families and gender inequality in intact families: two sides of the same coin?
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Developmentalist perspective: a missing voice
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Demography, public policy, and "problem" families
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Marriage, family, and the welfare of children: a call for action
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Progressive family policy in the twenty-first century
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Disincentives to care: a critique of U.S. family policy
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Value of children
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Values, policy, and the family
,
Policy and the family
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