Children''s Chances - How Countries Can Move From Surviving to Thriving

Informationen zum Autor Jody Heymann is Dean of the Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles. Zusammenfassung Children’s Chances urges a shift from focusing on survival to targeting children’s full and healthy development. Drawing on comparative data on policies in 190 countries designed to combat poverty, discrimination, child labor, illiteracy, and child marriage, Heymann and McNeill tell what works to ensure equal opportunities for all children.

Product details

• Authors: Jody Heyman, Jody Heymann, Jody/ Mcneill Heymann, Heymann Jody
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.02.2013
• EAN: 9780674066816
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06681-6
• No. of pages: 408
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Child welfare, Age groups: children, Central / national / federal government policies, Child welfare and youth services, Central government policies