Family policies and family well-being : the role of political culture / Shirley L. Zimmerman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zimmerman, Shirley.

Series:

Sage sourcebooks for the human services series ; 20.

Sage sourcebooks for the human services series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family policy--United States.

Family policy.

Families--United States.

Families.

Political culture--United States.

Political culture.

Family policy--United States--States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 201 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newbury Park, Calif. : SAGE, c1992.

Newbury Park, Calif. : SAGE, 1992.

Summary:

Exploring the connections between family policies, individual and family well-being and political culture, this volume examines several research projects and concludes that their results challenge the view that governmental social programmes in the United States have been detrimental to family life. The results also clarify the relationship between states' political cultures and the kinds of family policies enacted. Additionally, Zimmerman provides guidelines to aid the development of a policy agenda designed to enhance the well-being of individuals and families - regardless of wh

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Mapping the Book; Part I - Conceptual Foundations; Chapter 1 - Family Policies and Families: Their Intersections; Chapter 2 - The Goal of Family Policy: Individual and Family Well-Being; Chapter 3 - Political Culture: Definitions and Variations in the 50 States; Part II - Empirical Studies; Chapter 4 - Attitudes toward Government and Families: The Role of Political Culture; Chapter 5 - States' Policy Approaches to Families: The Role of Political Culture; Chapter 6 - Family Policies and Family Well-Being: The Role of Political Culture

Part III - Summary and Implications; Chapter 7 - Family Policies and Family Well-Being and the Role of Political Culture: Summary, Comments, and Conclusions; Appendix A: Glossary of Family Policy Terms; Appendix B: A Survey Questionnaire of Well-Being; Appendix C: States' Political Cultures; Appendix D: Instrument for Survey of Attitudes about the Intergenerational Distribution of Resources; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781483326054

1483326055

9781452253480

145225348X

OCLC:

918558969