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Family-Centered Policies and Practices : International Implications /

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-cent...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Briar-Lawson, Katharine (Autor, Contribuidor), Hennon, Charles (Autor), Lawson, Hal (Autor)
Otros Autores: Hennon, Charles B. (Contribuidor), Jones, Alan R. (Contribuidor), Jones, Alan, Lawson, Hal A. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2001]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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