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Families, Policy, and Family Support Policies
Prevention in Human Services, 1991Abstract An historical perspective on family policy is presented along with issues shaping future directions. Two prevention-oriented policies in particular are discussed: respite care services to assist persons caring for elderly infirm family members and family (parental) leave for new parents. The goals of previous family policies are challenged and
Brian L. Wilcox, Janet E. O'keeffe
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2004
This book explores the complex relationship between family change and public policy responses in EU member states and candidate countries. It combines broad-brush scrutiny of demographic trends, policy contexts and debates in contemporary European societies with a fine-grain analysis of the attitudes, perceptions and experiences of families.
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This book explores the complex relationship between family change and public policy responses in EU member states and candidate countries. It combines broad-brush scrutiny of demographic trends, policy contexts and debates in contemporary European societies with a fine-grain analysis of the attitudes, perceptions and experiences of families.
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2018
This chapter first emphasizes the effect of family allowances on poverty in European countries. It stresses the fact that if family allowances appear to have a remarkably redistributive effect, they are only one component of child policies. Further their objective is not just poverty alleviation; they also aim at fostering female employment and ...
Pierre Pestieau, Mathieu Lefebvre
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This chapter first emphasizes the effect of family allowances on poverty in European countries. It stresses the fact that if family allowances appear to have a remarkably redistributive effect, they are only one component of child policies. Further their objective is not just poverty alleviation; they also aim at fostering female employment and ...
Pierre Pestieau, Mathieu Lefebvre
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Journal of Family Issues, 1983
This article examines the question of how family professionals should respond to the conservative “profamily” movement. It is argued that the response of liberal family professionals to date—consisting largely of a defense of pluralism—has been inadequate. Instead, family professionals need to develop a concrete agenda based on what they think are the
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This article examines the question of how family professionals should respond to the conservative “profamily” movement. It is argued that the response of liberal family professionals to date—consisting largely of a defense of pluralism—has been inadequate. Instead, family professionals need to develop a concrete agenda based on what they think are the
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American Families: Policy Issues
Population Index, 1993"Increases in the number of children living in single-parent (usually female-headed) households and in the proportion of mothers who work outside their homes have raised concern in the United States about the effects of these trends on the well-being of children and the possible need for policy intervention.
J, Davanzo, M O, Rahman, K T, Wadhwa
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2012
Governments have had a longstanding interest in family forms and the behaviour of family members, although their goals and instruments have differed over time and across countries. This timely collection, along with an original introduction by the editors, brings together seminal contributions focusing on a number of important topics relating to this ...
Chiara Saraceno +2 more
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Governments have had a longstanding interest in family forms and the behaviour of family members, although their goals and instruments have differed over time and across countries. This timely collection, along with an original introduction by the editors, brings together seminal contributions focusing on a number of important topics relating to this ...
Chiara Saraceno +2 more
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Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 2006
* INTRODUCTION * Family and Aging Policy (Francis G. Caro) * INTERNATIONAL VIEW * Policies and Practices in Support of Family Caregivers--Filial Obligations Redefined in Sweden (Lennarth Johansson and Gerdt Sundstrom) * Danish Home Care Policy and the Family: Implications for the United States (Mary Stuart and Eigil Boll Hansen) * A Critical Review of ...
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* INTRODUCTION * Family and Aging Policy (Francis G. Caro) * INTERNATIONAL VIEW * Policies and Practices in Support of Family Caregivers--Filial Obligations Redefined in Sweden (Lennarth Johansson and Gerdt Sundstrom) * Danish Home Care Policy and the Family: Implications for the United States (Mary Stuart and Eigil Boll Hansen) * A Critical Review of ...
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Family policy and family poverty
Policy Studies, 1996Abstract This article reviews changes in the demography of the family in Britain. It considers the decline infertility, waning marriage and remarriage, the increase in cohabitation, trends in divorce, out‐of‐wedlock births and the emergence of new family forms including lone parent families and step families.
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Family Policy and Family Professionals
Journal of Family Issues, 1984In this introduction to the thematic issue on family policy, I discuss the evolution over the past decade in the approach to family policy taken by family professionals. I argue that the writings of policy-oriented professionals have become more modest in scope, more focused on specific issues, more aware of the moral tensions inherent in intervening ...
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