Children, Families, and Government Preparing for the Twenty-First Century

Name: Children, Families, and Government Preparing for the Twenty-First Century
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ISBN: 9780521589406

ISBN-10: 0521589401

ISBN-13: 9780521589406

Edition: 2nd 1996

Authors: Edward F. Zigler, Nancy Wilson Hall, Sharon Lynn Kagan, John Brademas

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Children, Families, and Government analyses the relationship between child development research and the planning of social policy. It highlights state of the art research and reforms to specify policy areas affecting children and families.

Book details

List price: $59.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/13/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 460
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Edward Zigler is the Sterling Professor of Psychology at Yale University, director of the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy, and head of the psychology section of the Child Study Center at Yale University.



Introduction



The changing nature of child and family policy: an overview




Monitoring the nation's social performance: the index of social health




Child and family policies: an International overview




From Problem to Policy



Welfare reform and children




The uncertain progress of education reform: 1983-1994




Not just any care: shaping a coherent child care policy




Family leave: a developmental perspective




Head start and early childhood intervention: the changing course of social science and social policy




America's family support movement: a moment of change




Policy development and implementation for children with disabilities




Child health: what public policies can improve it?




Children's mental health: changing paradigms and policies




Child abuse and social policy




Changing images of adolescents: rethinking our policies




Adolescent pregnancy and parenting




Drug policy in context: using what we know to effect change for children




Preventing juvenile delinquency: an ecological developmental approach




Taking television seriously: children and television policy




Policy Issues and Influences



Multiculturalism and social policy




Linking services for children and families: past legacy, future possibilities




The role of the media in child and family policy




The relationships of developmental psychology to social policy