| Description |
398 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"Families and social policy: national and international perspectives has been co-published simultaneously as Marriage & Family Review, Volume 39, Numbers 1/2 and 3/4 2006." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Steven K. Wisensale, Linda Haas -- Job loss, the family, and public policy / Kenneth A. Root -- Poverty and couple relationships : implications for welfare policy / Parjarita Charles ... [et al.] -- Single mothers and family values : the effects of welfare, race, and marriage on family attitudes / Teresa Ciabattari -- The need for international family policy : mothers as workers and as carers / Sally Bould -- Organizational responses to the fatherhood crisis : the case of fathers' rights groups in the United States / Jocelyn Elise Crowley -- Gender equality and fertility in Sweden : a study on the impact of the father's uptake of parental leave on continued childbearing / Ann-Zofie Duvander, Gunnar Andersson -- Social policy for family caregivers of elderly : a Canadian, Japanese, and Australian comparison / Carol D. H. Harvey, Satomi Yoshino -- The child and dependent care tax credit : a policy analysis / Nicole D. Forry, Elaine A. Anderson -- California's paid leave law : a model for other states? / Steven K. Wisensale -- Birthstrikes? Agency and capabilities in the reconciliation of employment and family / Barbara Hobson, Livia Sz. Oláh -- Gender regimes and cultures of care : public support for maternal employment in Germany and the United States / Marina A. Adler, April Brayfield -- Leave policies and research : a cross-national overview / Peter Moss, Fred Deven -- Seeking the balance between work and family after communism / Steven Saxonberg, Tomás̆ Sirovátka -- Trading well-being for economic efficiency : the 1990 shift in EU childcare policies / Inge Bleijenbergh, Jet Bussemaker, Jeanne de Bruijn -- Family well-being between work, care and welfare politics : the case of Norway / Kjersti Melberg -- The evolution of family policy in Spain / Gerardo Meil. |
| Subject |
Families -- United States.
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Family policy -- United States.
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United States -- Social policy.
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Family policy -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Social policy -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| Added Author |
Haas, Linda.
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Wisensale, Steven K., 1945-
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| Added Title |
Marriage & family review.
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| ISBN |
0789032392 hardcover : cover alkaline paper |
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9780789032393 hardcover : cover alkaline paper |
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0789032406 soft cover alkaline paper |
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9780789032409 soft cover alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780789032393 |
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9780789032409 |
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