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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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Language and Linguistics Compass, 2008
Abstract This article describes the newly emerging field of family language policy, defined as explicit and overt planning in relation to language use within the home among family members, and provides an integrated overview of research on how languages are managed, learned, and negotiated within families.
Kendall A. King +2 more
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Abstract This article describes the newly emerging field of family language policy, defined as explicit and overt planning in relation to language use within the home among family members, and provides an integrated overview of research on how languages are managed, learned, and negotiated within families.
Kendall A. King +2 more
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Social Policy and Society, 2002
Family policy now has greater prominence in UK politics than ever before. These policies are developing in the context of major constitutional change across the UK, which has the potential for significant policy divergence. Devolution has generated greater interest in Scottish family policy, and how its policy processes have been reconfigured.
Wasoff, F., Hill, M.
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Family policy now has greater prominence in UK politics than ever before. These policies are developing in the context of major constitutional change across the UK, which has the potential for significant policy divergence. Devolution has generated greater interest in Scottish family policy, and how its policy processes have been reconfigured.
Wasoff, F., Hill, M.
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2023
Abstract Family policy has become an increasingly important policy area in Switzerland since the 1990s. Benefits and services to families have undergone profound transformations. Some reforms became possible because family policy was increasingly defined not only as social policy but also as social investment policy promoting employment ...
Häusermann, Silja, Bürgisser, Reto
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Abstract Family policy has become an increasingly important policy area in Switzerland since the 1990s. Benefits and services to families have undergone profound transformations. Some reforms became possible because family policy was increasingly defined not only as social policy but also as social investment policy promoting employment ...
Häusermann, Silja, Bürgisser, Reto
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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 Policies in Colombia: A Focus on Policies for Vulnerable Families
2013Family policy in Colombia has primarily targeted families living under vulnerable conditions. Such policy initiatives are part of the government strategies to fight two social issues that affect a large percentage of the population: poverty and forced displacement.
Sonia Carrillo, Karen Ripoll-Núñez
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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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