Synopses & Reviews
Children, Families, and Government analyses the relationship between child development research and the planning of social policy.
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"Notable authors in the field provide a scholarly, comprehensive overview of the changing nature of child and family policy..." Young Children
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"For those with an interest in social policies regarding children and families, this volume will provide both a broad overview, and a number of good specific illustrations, of both the art and the science of social policy-as presented and practiced by some of the most dedicated and effective advocates for children in our field today." Mark R. Lepper, Contemporary Psychology
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"This volume provides an excellent resource for those who make and inform policy that affects the lives of children and families. It represents a well thought out and well executed effort to aid in the use of children development research in the design and implementation of social policies." Michele Goyette-Ewing , Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography
Synopsis
Children, Families and Government analyses the relationship between child development research and the design and implementation of social policy concerning children and families. It captures the excitement and challenges emerging in the field of child development and social policy, and it examines recent changes in our national ethos towards children and families.This book is particularly timely, with issues like health care, welfare reform, and drug abuse addressed in a context that enables the reader to relate current events to the theories and foundations on which policies are based.
Table of Contents
Introduction; 1. The changing nature of child and family policy: an overview Nancy W. Hall, S. L. Kagan and Edward Zigler; 2. Monitoring the nation's social performance: the index of social health Marc L. Miringoff, Marque-Luisa Miringoff and Sandra Opdycke; 3. Child and family policies: an International overview Sheila B. Kamerman; Part I. From Problem to Policy: 4. Welfare reform and children Lawrence M. Mead; 5. The uncertain progress of education reform: 1983-1994 P. Michael Timpane; 6. Not just any care: shaping a coherent child care policy Edward Zigler and Elizabeth Gilman; 7. Family leave: a developmental perspective Meryl Frank and Edward Zigler; 8. Head start and early childhood intervention: the changing course of social science and social policy Edward Zigler and Sally Styfco; 9. America's family support movement: a moment of change Sharon L. Kagan; 10 Policy development and implementation for children with disabilities James J. Gallagher; 11. Child health: what public policies can improve it? Lorraine V. Klerman; 12. Children's mental health: changing paradigms and policies Jane Knitzer; 13. Child abuse and social policy Joan Kaufman and Edward Zigler; 14. Changing images of adolescents: rethinking our policies Ruby Takanishi; 15. Adolescent pregnancy and parenting Victoria Seitz; 16 Drug policy in context: using what we know to effect change for children Nancy W. Hall; 17. Preventing juvenile delinquency: an ecological developmental approach Elizabeth F. Emens, Nancy W. Hall, Catherine Ross and Edward Zigler; 18. Taking television seriously: children and television policy Brian L. Wilcox and Dale Kunkel; Part II. Policy Issues and Influences: 19. Multiculturalism and social policy LaRue Allen and Susan Grobman; 20. Linking services for children and families: past legacy, future possibilities Sharon L. Kagan and Eliza Pritchard; 21. The role of the media in child and family policy Susan Muenchow; 22. The relationships of developmental psychology to social policy Sheldon H. White.