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American families and the future : analyses of possible destinies /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Marriage & family review.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Copyright; Title; Contents; Expanding Choice in Long Term Planning for Family Futures; Introduction; Opportunities and Necessities for Planning; Requirements for Planning; Trends in the Expansion of Choice; Summary; Implications for Research and Theory; Implications for Practice and Professional Education; Foundations for Family Activities in Long Range Planning; DEMOGRAPHIC ISSUES; Recent Demographic Change: Implications for Families Planning for the Future; Introduction; Mortality and Life Expectancy; Marriage; Fertility; Divorce and Remarriage
- Women's Labor Force ParticipationRetirement; Conclusions; SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES; Present and Future Health Care for an Aging Society: A Proactive Self-Health Approach; Introduction; Conceptual Model for Self and Family Health Promotion; Overview of Health Care Reform Proposals; Proposed Strategies for Self and Family Health Promotion, Illness Prevention, and Optimum Adaptation to Chronic Illness; Policy and Research Implications; Conclusions; Intergenerational Issues in Long Term Planning; Understanding Long Term Planning and the Need to Plan; Caregiving; Who Gives the Care?
- Who Is Available?Views and Expectations of Caregiving; Issues in Caregiving; Issues of Choice and Control; Caregiving as a Social Problem; Institutional Care; Medical-Caregiver Relationship; At What Costs Is Caregiving Being Given?; Filial Responsibility; Emerging Legal Issues; Conclusion; Social Programs for Families in Poverty: Past Impacts and Future Prospects; Introduction; Government Attempts to Reduce Poverty; Effect of Government Transfers on Poverty; Reviewing Progress Since 1964; The Reagan Administration and Antipoverty Programs; Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)
- Growth in Female Heads of Household and Their Rate of PovertyExplanations for Increases in Female Heads of Household; Female Heads of Household and Welfare Dependency; Effects of AFDC on Family Structure and Behavior; Financial Responsibility of the Absent Parent; Effect of Budget Cuts on AFDC and Other Child Welfare Programs; Increasing the Employment Level of the Poor; Conclusion; Looking to the Future; TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES; Issues of Technology's Possible Futures; Introduction: Nature, Humanity, Technology, and Science; Technology, Science, and Their Values; Reproductive Technologies
- Work and Family Life TechnologiesWhat Futures?; Technological Change, Sexuality, and Family Futures Planning; Introduction; Four Challenges; Conclusion; FAMILY PROCESS IN SHAPING THE FUTURE; Theoretical Issues in Researching Problem Solving in Families; Introduction; Point of Departure; Definitions; A Taxonomy of Problems; Strategies for Building a Theory of Problem Solving Behavior That Can Help Students of the Family; The Theory-A Discursive Summary; Conclusion