Family-Centered Policies and Practices

Family-Centered Policies and Practices

International Implications

  • Autor: Briar-Lawson, Katharine; Lawson, Hal; Hennon, Charles; Jones, Alan
  • Editor: Columbia University Press
  • ISBN: 9780231121064
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780231504362
  • Lloc de publicació:  New York , United States
  • Any de publicació digital: 2001
  • Mes: Febrer
  • Idioma: Anglés
Analyzing the critical juncture of family-centered policy and practice, this book places the universal institution of the family in a global context. By including a conceptual framework as well as practice components, the authors offer an original multimodal approach toward understanding family-centered policy practice from an international perspective. It provides grassroots strategies for activists and practical guides for both students and practitioners and includes cutting-edge interpretations of the impact of globalization on families, social workers, and other helping professionals and advocates.
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Meaning and Significance of Families and Threats to Their Well-Being
  • 2. Families as Comprehensive Social Welfare Institutions and Preventive Systems
  • 3. Meaningful, Gender-Equitable Work and Family Well-Being
  • 4. Key Sensitizing Concepts, a Family Policy Continuum, and Examples from the IYF
  • 5. Analyzing Policy Impacts and Making Strategic Policy Choices for Families and Helping Professions
  • 6. Families as Experts and Partners in the Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Family-Centered Policies and Practices
  • 7. Developing Family-Centered Policy and Practice Discourses
  • 8. Introducing Policy-Practice Skills for Family-Centered ChangeAgents
  • 9. Promoting New Alliances Among Families, Family Advocates, and Helping Professionals
  • 10. Introducing Globalization’s Challenges and Opportunities and Analyzing Economic Globalization and Liberalization
  • 11. Globalization, Flows of Culture and People, and New-Century Frameworks for Family-Centered Policies, Practices, and Development
  • 12. New-Century Investment Strategies and Social Action Agendas for the World’s Families
  • Appendix: Key Web Sites
  • Bibliography
  • Index