Children, families, and government

Cambridge University Press

1996

xiii, 439 p.

Contents: The changing nature of child and family policy : an overview / Nancy W. Hall, Sharon L. Kagan, and Edward F. Zigler -- Monitoring the nation's social performance : the index of social health / Marc L. Miringoff, Marque-Luisa Miringoff, and Sandra Opdycke -- Child and family policies : an international overview / Sheila B. Kamerman -- Welfare reform and children / Lawrence M. Mead -- The uncertain progress of education reform, 1983-1994 / P. Michael Timpane -- Not just any care : shaping a coherent child care policy / Edward F. Zigler and Elizabeth Gilman -- Family leave : a developmental perspective / Meryl Frank and Edward F. Zigler -- Head Start and early childhood intervention : the changing course of social science and social policy / Edward F. Zigler and Sally Styfco -- America's family support movement : a moment of change / Sharon L. Kagan -- Policy development and implementation for children with disabilities / James J. Gallagher -- Child health : what public policies can improve it? / Lorraine V. Klerman -- Children's mental health : changing paradigms and policies / Jane Knitzer -- Child abuse and social policy / Joan Kaufman and Edward F. Zigler -- Changing images of adolescents : rethinking our policies / Ruby Takanishi -- Adolescent pregnancy and parenting / Victoria Seitz -- Drug policy in context : using what we know to effect change for children / Nancy W. Hall -- Preventing juvenile delinquency : an ecological, developmental approach / Elizabeth F. Emens ... [et al.] -- Taking television seriously : children and television policy / Brian L. Wilcox and Dale Kunkel -- Multiculturalism and social policy / LaRue Allen and Susan Grobman -- Linking services for children and families : past legacy, future possibilities / Sharon L. Kagan and Eliza Pritchard -- The role of the media in child and family policy / Susan Muenchow -- The relationships of developmental psychology to social policy / Sheldon H. White.

Children, Families, and Government: Preparing for the Twenty-First Century provides a practical analysis of the relationship between child development research and the design and implementation of social policy concerning children and families. In so doing, the volume captures the excitement, tensions, and challenges that have emerged in the field of child development and social policy, and it examines recent changes in our national ethos toward children and families." "Part I offers an introduction to the volume. Part II describes influences on the policy process and highlights recent reforms in order to specify policy areas affecting children and families. Part III presents state-of-the-art research on problems faced by children and families, and the policy solutions that address these issues." "Children, Families, and Government is at once timely and enduring; perennially important issues like health care, welfare reform, and drug abuse are explored in a context that enables the reader to relate current events to the theories and foundations on which policies are based. The volume is essential reading for policymakers, social workers, educators, and researchers in developmental and clinical psychology, political science, law, and governmental studies.

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