Restructuring Family Policies : : Convergences and Divergences / / Maureen Baker.

Recent years have seen significant changes in the social policies of many liberal welfare-states; this is especially true of social programs for families with children. Increasingly, governments are making family policy trade-offs, reducing support for some families but improving it for others. Why...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2006
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (308 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • 1. Restructuring Family Policies
  • 2. Socio-demographic Changes and Family Policy Restructuring
  • 3. Welfare Regimes, National Politics, and Family Policies
  • 4. Growing Internationalization and Family Policies
  • 5. Reproductive Health and Childbirth
  • 6. Work, Gender, and Parenthood
  • 7. The Care and Welfare of Children
  • 8. Social Housing and Income Support
  • 9. Divorce, Child Support, and International Migration
  • 10. Strengthening and Reducing Family Support
  • Works Cited
  • Index