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"The United States spends more on programs for the elderly than it does on programs that enhance child development and improve child welfare. Why has public policy neglected the development phase of young Americans' lives not only in substantive dollars spent, but also in program design an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gormley, William T., Jr., 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Child welfare > United States.
Child welfare > Government policy > United States.
Children > United States > Social conditions.
Children > Services for > United States.
Enfants > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Enfants > Services > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Child welfare > Government policy
Child welfare.
Children > Services for.
Children > Social conditions.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Children: beloved but neglected
  • The rise of economic arguments
  • Arguments in different policy domains
  • Arguments in different venues
  • How frames shape public opinion
  • Battling for kids in state capitols
  • Capitol Hill debates about children
  • Putting frames in perspective.

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