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Family Diversity and Family Policy: Strengthening Families for America's Children (Hardcover, 1999 ed.)
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Family Diversity and Family Policy: Strengthening Families for America's Children (Hardcover, 1999 ed.)
Series: International Series in Outreach Scholarship, 2
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Family Diversity and Family Policy describes the dimensions of
diversity which characterize the contemporary American family and
discusses the implications for public policy and associated
intervention programs linked to this diversity. The authors contend
that if the programs and policies available to support families are
to be most useful, they need to reflect the diversity of the
families they intend to help. Beginning with a discussion of the
historical and contemporary context of the American family, Family
Diversity and Family Policy focuses on child poverty and argues
that this topic may be usefully studied within the context of
developmental systems theory. This theory systematically links the
development of individuals to variations in their physical and
social ecology, and is used as a framework for discussing:
Contemporary challenges faced by parents charged with rearing
adolescents, and the familial and societal issues that arise when
the adolescents being reared are parents themselves. Current policy
issues that arise from welfare debates in the United States and
from recently-enacted welfare reform legislation. The importance
for our nation of developing a comprehensive national youth policy.
The authors draw implications for the design, delivery, and
evaluation of diversity-sensitive policies and programs for
families and youth, and offer a vision of how to link scholars,
policy makers, and community members in multi-professional and
multi-institutional collaborations promoting the positive
development of American families and youth. Family Diversity and
Family Policy is relevant to scholars and policy makers interested
in human development, particularly of children andadolescents. In
addition, it should be essential reading for practitioners and
policy makers in government, private industry, and public and
private social service organizations.
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