Karen Bogenschneider

Family Policy Matters

How Policymaking Affects Families and What Professionals Can Do

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This best-selling text integrates the latest research and practices in family policy. Featuring examples from around the globe that explain how families support society and how policies support families, the book moves beyond analysis to action with pragmatic processes and procedures for improving the effectiveness of family policies. The new edition features many new references and policies that reflect recent changes in the economy, politics, and family forms and functions, new learning tools, an enhanced global perspective, and 3 new chapters. Intended for courses in family or social policy, the book also appeals to researchers and practitioners interested in this field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 3 ed
• Seitenzahl: 462
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 180mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1052g
• ISBN-13: 9780415844475
• ISBN-10: 0415844479
• Artikelnr.: 39294042

Autorenporträt

Karen Bogenschneider is a Rothermel-Bascom Professor of Human Ecology and a Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is also a Family Policy Specialist for the University of Wisconsin-Extension.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The Rationale for Family Policymaking 1. From the Reluctant Student
to Passionate Proponent: How Youth have Used Family Policy to Change the
World 2. Why We Should Focus on Families in Policymaking, and Why We Don't
3. Defining Family Policy: An Identity of Its Own 4. Policies and Practices
Biased Toward Individual Rights over Family Responsibilities 5. How
Families Support Society and How Societies Support Families: A Global View
6. How Society Shapes Families: A U.S. View Part 2: Viewing Policies and
Programs through the Family Impact Lens 7. Families as a Legitmate Focus on
Public Policy: Yesterday and Today 8. How Current Policy Issues can Benefit
from the Family Impact Lens Part 3: Using Theory and Practice to Advance
Enduring Family Policy in the 21st Century 9. Bridging Controversy and
Building Consensus: The Theory of Paradox 10. Looking Back to Move Forward:
Lessons from the History of Family Policy Part 4: Strategies for Getting
Involved in Family Policymaking 11. What Policymakers and the Policy
Process are Really Like 12. Building Family-Focused Policy: The Family
Impact Lens Toolkit 13. Building Evidence-Based Family Policy: Insights
from the Family Impact Seminars 14. Deciding What You Can Do: Careers in
Family Policy 15. Approaches for Getting Involved in Family Policy:
Advocacy or Education 16. Making Family Policy Matter: Moving from Analysis
to Action