The Oxford Handbook of Family Policy - A Life-Course Perspective (Hardcover)

The Handbook examines contemporary trends and issues in the formation of families over the different stages of the life cycle and how they interact with family-oriented social policies of modern welfare states, mainly in the OECD countries of Western Europe, East Asia and the U.S. Focusing largely on family needs in the early stages of the life course, the conventional package of policies tends to emphasize programs and benefits clustered around measures to support marriage, childbearing, care, the reconciliation of employment and childcare during the preschool years. Drawing on a multidisciplinary group of experts from many countries, this book extends the conventional perspective on family policy by also looking at later phases of the family life course. In taking a life course perspective, this Handbook extends the purview to encompass the three main stages of family life. These are (1) cohabitation, marriage and starting a family; (2) the early years of parenting, care and employment, and (3) the period of transitions and later life: family breakdown and intergenerational supports across the life course.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2023
Editors:	Mary Daly (Professor of Sociology and Social Policy) • Birgit Pfau-Effinger (Research Professor for Sociology of Cultural and Institutional Change) • Neil Gilbert (Chernin Professor of Social Welfare) • Douglas J. Besharov (Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Welfare Reform Academy and its Center for International Policy Exchanges)
Dimensions:	260 x 185 x 65mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	1056
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-751815-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-751815-X
Barcode:	9780197518151

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