| Description |
197 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Part One: Laying The Foundation -- Family Policy -- Definitions, Domain and Concepts -- Developments in Family Policy -- Reflections of Social Change -- An Institutional Perspective -- Part Two: Frameworks For Understanding Policy/Family Connections -- Policy Frameworks -- Families as Social Systems -- Other Family Frameworks -- Part Three: Applications Of Frameworks To Family Policies -- Welfare Reform -- Individual and Family Well-Being -- The Mental Retardation Family Subsidy Program -- Containing the Cost of Care for Elderly Disabled Family Members -- Part Four: The Potential Of Family Policy -- The Case for Understanding Family Policy -- A Summing Up. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| Subject |
Family policy -- United States.
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Family policy.
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| ISBN |
0803927983 |
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080393226X (paperback) |
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