Family-Centered Policies and Practices [electronic resource] : International Implications

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Briar-Lawson, Katharine.

Contributor:

Lawson, Hal A.

Hennon, Charles B.

Jones, Alan R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family policy.

Family services.

Local Subjects:

Family policy.

Family services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (484 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

-- Choice

Contents:

Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Meaning and Significance of Families and Threats to Their Well-Being; 2. Families as Comprehensive Social Welfare Institutions andPreventive Systems; 3. Meaningful, Gender-Equitable Work and Family Well-Being; 4. Key Sensitizing Concepts, a Family Policy Continuum, and Examples from the IYF; 5. Analyzing Policy Impacts and Making Strategic Policy Choices for Families and Helping Professions

6. Families as Experts and Partners in the Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Family-Centered Policies and Practices7. Developing Family-Centered Policy and Practice Discourses; 8. Introducing Policy-Practice Skills for Family-Centered ChangeAgents; 9. Promoting New Alliances Among Families, Family Advocates, and Helping Professionals; 10. Introducing Globalization's Challenges and Opportunities and Analyzing Economic Globalization and Liberalization

11. Globalization, Flows of Culture and People, and New-Century Frameworks for Family-Centered Policies, Practices, and Development12. New-Century Investment Strategies and Social Action Agendas for the World's Families; Appendix: Key Web Sites; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

826476100