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Family-Centered Policies and Practices : International Implications / Katharine Briar-Lawson, Charles Hennon, Hal Lawson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2001]Copyright date: ©2001Description: 1 online resource (464 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231121064
  • 9780231504362
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.82
LOC classification:
  • HV697 .F353
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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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

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)