Family Change and Family Policies in Great Britain, Canada, New - Zealand, and the United State

Klappentext This is the first volume in a series intended to report on the evolution of family policies in Western welfare states (and to compare current provisions). The developments are presented in the context of a report on family change for each of the countries, and with a view of the economic, political, and institutional climates in which they occurred. Topics covered in this book include family formation and current structural patterns, families and the division of labor, the income of families (earnings, taxation, transfer programs), and also the political and institutional contexts for family policy. An extensive bibliography is provided. Zusammenfassung This is the first volume in a series reporting on the evolution of family policies in Western welfare states and comparing current provisions.The developments are presented in the context of a report on family change for each of the countries, and with a view of the economic, political, and institutional contexts in which they occurred. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Great Britain Canada New Zealand United States Bibliography; index

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• Authors: Sheila B. Kamerman, Sheila B. (Professor of Social Policy an Kamerman, Sheila B. Kahn Kamerman
• Assisted by: Alfred J Kahn (Editor), Alfred J. Kahn (Editor), Kahn Alfred J. (Editor), S B Kamerman (Editor), S. B. Kamerman (Editor), Sheila B Kamerman (Editor), Sheila B. Kamerman (Editor), Kamerman Sheila B. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.1997
• EAN: 9780198290254
• ISBN: 978-0-19-829025-4
• No. of pages: 476
• Series: Family Change & Family Policy; Family Change and Family Policy in the West; Family Change and Family Policy in the West; Family Change and Family Polic
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Canada, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Australian & Oceanian, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Canadian, Sociology: family & relationships, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States of America, USA, New Zealand, Sociology: family and relationships, Central / national / federal government policies, Microeconomics, Central government policies, Welfare & benefit systems, Welfare and benefit systems, New Zealand / Aotearoa