Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
"Garbarino and his colleagues have done the social welfare fi eld a service.... they provide a useful and integrative schema for understanding child development.... Practice examples abound at both micro and macro levels. New material on cultural diversity, neighborhood and community factors, and public policy make this volume an even more attractive option for course in human behavior and social environment."-from the foreword by James K. Whittaker.
Synopsis
The first edition of this volume successfully applied Bronfenbrenner's micro-systems taxonomy to childrearing and family life. Emphasizing how forces in the environment influence children's behavior, Garbarino has staked out an intermediate position between the psychoanalytic and the systems approach to human development. Taking cognizance of new research and of changes in American society, Garbarino has once again carefully analyzed the importance of children's social relationships. For this wholly revised second edition, he has incorporated a greater emphasis on ethnic, cultural, and racial issues.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-369) and indexes.