Family policy matters : responding to family change in Europe / Linda Hantrais.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hantrais, Linda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family policy--Europe.

Family policy.

Europe.

Families--Europe.

Families.

Physical Description:

viii, 246 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy, 2004.

Contents:

1 The changing family

policy relationship 1

Family as a shifting concept 3

The changing family

policy interface 5

2 Population decline and ageing 11

Defining and conceptualising population growth and ageing 12

Tracking population change 18

Policy challenges from population decline and ageing 31

3 Family diversification 37

Defining and conceptualising family change 38

Measuring family change 50

Policy challenges from changing family forms 67

4 The changing family

employment balance 73

Defining and conceptualising working life 74

Measuring working life 84

Policy challenges from changes in working life 100

5 Changing welfare needs 105

Families in law and practice 106

Administrative definitions and concepts of families 116

Changing responsibilities for family welfare 127

6 Legitimacy and acceptability of policy intervention in family life 131

Defining and conceptualising family policy 132

Legal and institutional bases for national family policies 140

Perceptions of the legitimacy of public policy for families 145

Public acceptability of policy responses 151

Characterising policy for families 159

7 Impacts of policy on family life 163

Measuring policy impacts 164

Measuring the effects of policy on families 172

Matching policy with outcomes for families 190

8 Responses to socio-economic change 193

Commonality and diversity of socio-economic trends and policy responses 194

Characterising the family

policy relationship 199

Family policy learning and diffusion 206.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234) and index.

ISBN:

1861344716

1861344724

OCLC:

55594384