Handbook of Family Policies Across the Globe
Family policy holds a particular status in the quest for a more equitable world as it intersects the rights of women, children, and workers. But despite local and global efforts and initiatives, the state of family policy in different areas of the world varies widely. Through a cross-section of coun...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
2014, 2014
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Family Policies across the Globe: Development, Implementation and Assessment
- II. Family Policies in Africa
- Toward Sustainable Family Policies in Sierra Leone: Developments and Recommendations
- Public Policy and Families in Kenya
- Child and Family-focused Policy in Botswana
- Family Policy in South Africa
- III. Europe
- Family Policies in Norway Families and Family Policies in Sweden
- Family Policies –The Case of Iceland
- Family Policy in Ireland
- Family Policy in Germany
- Family Patterns of Change in Italy: Challenges, Conflicts, Policies and Practices
- Family Policies in Spain
- Family Policies in Portugal
- Family Policies in Moldova
- Family Policy in Russia: Folkways versus State-ways Revisited
- For Whose Sake Is It Anyway? Evaluation of Explicit Family Policies in Turkey
- IV. Family Policies in Asia
- Family Policy in China: A Snapshot of 1950-2010
- Family Policy in Taiwan: Development, Implementation, and Assessment
- Family in India: Problems and Policies
- Family policy in South Korea: Development, Implementation and Evaluation
- Policy Responses to Population Declining Society: Development and Challenges of Family Policies in Japan
- V. Australia
- Reform, Revolution and Lingering Effects: Family Policies in Australia.VI. North America
- Canada's Patchwork Policy: Family Policy in the Canadian Context
- Romantic/Marit al, Parental and Familial Relationship Policies in the United States
- Families and Policies in Mexico
- The Commonwealth Caribbean: Family Policy in the Caribbean Community
- South America
- Family Policy in Colombia: A Focus on Policies for Vulnerable Families
- Family Policies in Ecuador: A Call for Explicit Family Policies
- Family Policies in Brazil