Handbook of Family Policies Across the Globe
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Beschreibung
Family policy holds a particular status in the quest for a more equitable world as it intersects the rights of women, children, and workers. But despite local and global efforts and initiatives, the state of family policy in different areas of the world varies widely.
Through a cross-section of countries on six continents, Family Policies Across the Globe offers the current state of the laws concerning family life, structure, and services, providing historical, cultural, and socioeconomic context. Lucidly written chapters analyze key aspects of family definition, marriage, child well-being, work/family balance, and family assistance, reviewing underlying social issues and controversies as they exist in each country. Details of challenges to implementation and methods of evaluating policy outcomes bring practical realities into sharp focus, and each chapter concludes with recommendations for improvement at the research, service, and governmental levels. The result is an important comparative look at how governments support families, and how societies perceive themselves as they evolve. Among the issues covered:
- Sierra Leone: toward sustainable family policies.
- Russia: folkways versus state-ways.
- Japan: policy responses to a declining population.
- Australia: reform, revolutions, and lingering effects.
- Canada: a patchwork policy.
- Colombia: a focus on policies for vulnerable families.
Researchers
, professors and graduate students in the fields of social policy, child and family studies, psychology, sociology, and social work will find in Family Policies Across the Globe a reference that will grow in importance as world events continue to develop.Family policy holds a particular status in the quest for a more equitable world as it intersects the rights of women, children, and workers. But despite local and global efforts and initiatives, the state of family policy in different areas of the world varies widely.
Through a cross-section of countries on six continents, Family Policies Across the Globe offers the current state of the laws concerning family life, structure, and services, providing historical, cultural, and socioeconomic context. Lucidly written chapters analyze key aspects of family definition, marriage, child well-being, work/family balance, and family assistance, reviewing underlying social issues and controversies as they exist in each country. Details of challenges to implementation and methods of evaluating policy outcomes bring practical realities into sharp focus, and each chapter concludes with recommendations for improvement at the research, service, and governmental levels. The result is an important comparative look at how governments support families, and how societies perceive themselves as they evolve. Among the issues covered:
- Sierra Leone: toward sustainable family policies.
- Russia: folkways versus state-ways.
- Japan: policy responses to a declining population.
- Australia: reform, revolutions, and lingering effects.
- Canada: a patchwork policy.
- Colombia: a focus on policies for vulnerable families.
Researchers
, professors and graduate students in the fields of social policy, child and family studies, psychology, sociology, and social work will find in Family Policies Across the Globe a reference that will grow in importance as world events continue to develop.Presents an in-depth overview of existing family policies in many countries around the world Discusses the importance of developing and implementing evidenced-based family policies Reviews the impact of socio-historic, political, and economic context on each country’s family policy making process Offers examples of best practices and challenges Provides recommendations for policy-makers
Autor*in
Mihaela Robila
Themen in »Handbook of Family Policies Across the Globe«
Child and Family-focused Policy Divorce Law Domestic Violence Prevention Act Domestic violence laws Evidence-based Family Policy Families and Immigration Families and Poverty Families in Africa Family Policies from a Global Perspective Family Policy in Australia Family Policy in Europe Family Policy in South America Family Well-being Family policy development Family policy implementation
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“The Handbook of Family Policies Across the Globe is a collaborative effort of internationally renowned experts on family policies, practices, and research. … Handbook of Family Policies Across the Globe can be used as a complementary resource for graduate social policy courses as well as a general guidebook for practitioners. … It is an exceptionally valuable field manual for social work in an international context.” (Shaynah Neshama Bannister, Global Social Welfare, August, 2015)
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