Families and Family Policies by Chiara Saraceno
Governments have had a longstanding interest in family forms and the behaviour of family members, although their goals and instruments have differed over time and across countries. This timely collection brings together seminal contributions focusing on a number of important topics relating to this field. This research review focuses on the origins and social foundations of family policies, their main actors and drivers; together with consideration of crucial concepts and themes, including gender, intergenerational obligations and care and also deals with the various areas and goals addressed by family policies and their diversity across countries: the politics of reproduction; support for children, policies to reconcile paid work and family obligations; parenthood policies; patterns of care policies and domestic violence. This important title will be of immense value to those working in the field of families and family policies and will be an excellent source of reference to both students and academics.
‘A genuinely international and hugely valuable collection of papers on one of the most important strands in modern social policy scholarshipIt also has a powerful editorial introduction that is likely to become a standard reference point.’ -- Howard Glennester, London School of Economics, UK
Edited by Chiara Saraceno, Honorary Fellow, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation and University of Turin, Italy, Jane Lewis, formerly Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics, UK and Arnlaug Leira, Professor of Sociology, University of Oslo, Norway
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848447820 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848447825 |
| Title | Families and Family Policies |
| Author | Chiara Saraceno |
| Series | Elgar Mini Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2012-04-30 |
| Number of pages | 1284 |
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