Children, Families, and Government: Preparing for the Twenty-First Century,9780521589406

Children, Families, and Government: Preparing for the Twenty-First Century

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ISBN13: 9780521589406
ISBN10: 0521589401
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-09-13
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

Children, Families, and Government: Preparing for the Twenty-first Century analyses the relationship between child development research and the design and implementation of social policy concerning children and families. This book is both timely and enduring; perennially important issues like health care, welfare reform, and drug abuse, are addressed in a context that enables the reader to relate current events to the theories and foundations on which policies are based. It highlights state of the art research and reforms to specify policy areas affecting children and families.

Table of Contents

List of contributors
vii
Foreword ix
John Brademas
Acknowledgments xiii
Part I Introduction
The Changing Nature of Child and Family Policy: An Overview
3(7)
Nancy W. Hall
Sharon L. Kagan
Edward F. Zigler
Monitoring the Nation's Social Performance: The Index of Social Health
10(21)
Marc L. Miringoff
Marque-Luisa Miringoff
Sandra Opdycke
Child and Family Policies: An International Overview
31(20)
Sheila B. Kamerman
Part II From Problem to Policy
Welfare Reform and Children
51(26)
Lawrence M. Mead
The Uncertain Progress of Education Reform, 1983-1994
77(17)
P. Michael Timpane
Not Just Any Care: Shaping a Coherent Child Care Policy
94(23)
Edward F. Zigler
Elizabeth Gilman
Family Leave: A Developmental Perspective
117(15)
Meryl Frank
Edward F. Zigler
Head Start and Early Childhood Intervention: The Changing Course of Social Science and Social Policy
132(24)
Edward F. Zigler
Sally Styfco
America's Family Support Movement: A Moment of Change
156(15)
Sharon L. Kagan
Policy Development and Implementation for Children with Disabilities
171(17)
James J. Gallagher
Child Health: What Public Policies Can Improve It?
188(19)
Lorraine V. Klerman
Children's Mental Health: Changing Paradigms and Policies
207(26)
Jane Knitzer
Child Abuse and Social Policy
233(23)
Joan Kaufman
Edward F. Zigler
Changing Images of Adolescents: Rethinking Our Policies
256(12)
Ruby Takanishi
Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting
268(20)
Victoria Seitz
Drug Policy in Context: Using What We Know to Effect Change for Children
288(20)
Nancy W. Hall
Preventing Juvenile Delinquency: An Ecological, Developmental Approach
308(25)
Elizabeth F. Emens
Nancy W. Hall
Catherine Ross
Edward F. Zigler
Taking Television Seriously: Children and Television Policy
333(22)
Brian L. Wilcox
Dale Kunkel
Part III Policy Issues and Influences
Multiculturalism and Social Policy
355(23)
LaRue Allen
Susan Grobman
Linking Services for Children and Families: Past Legacy, Future Possibilities
378(16)
Sharon L. Kagan
Eliza Pritchard
The Role of the Media in Child and Family Policy
394(15)
Susan Muenchow
The Relationships of Developmental Psychology to Social Policy
409(18)
Sheldon H. White
Index 427

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