TY - BOOK AU - Briar-Lawson,Katharine AU - Briar-Lawson,Katharine AU - Hennon,Charles AU - Hennon,Charles B. AU - Jones,Alan AU - Jones,Alan R. AU - Lawson,Hal AU - Lawson,Hal A. TI - Family-Centered Policies and Practices: International Implications SN - 9780231121064 AV - HV697 .F353 U1 - 362.82 PY - 2001///] CY - New York, NY : PB - Columbia University Press, KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; 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 Change Agents --; 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; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.7312/bria12106 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231504362 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231504362/original ER -