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Strengthening the family : implications for international development / Marian F. Zeitlin ... [and others].
LIBRA HQ727.9 .S77 1995
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families--Developing countries.
- Families.
- Family policy--Developing countries.
- Family policy.
- Child development--Developing countries.
- Child development.
- Poor children--Family relationships--Developing countries.
- Poor children.
- Developing countries.
- Economic development--Social aspects.
- Economic development.
- Families--Research.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, [1995]
- Summary:
- This book examines how family social health improves the well-being of children and how family functioning interacts with national and international development. Two very different family types, the Javanese and the Yoruba, are discussed in relation to the authors' hypotheses concerning associations between child development and general social development.
- Contents:
- Social change and the family
- Economic perspectives on the family
- Psychological approaches to the family
- Perspectives from international development assistance and from family programmes
- The Javanese family
- The Yoruba family : kinship, socialization, and child development
- Structural models of family social health theory
- Synthesis of concepts and research needs
- Policy and programme recommendations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "UNUP-890"--T.p. verso.
- "03500 P"--T.p. verso.
- ISBN:
- 9280808907
- OCLC:
- 34148687
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