Family Change and Family Policies in Great Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States (Hardcover)

Compton Foundation Centennial Professor for the Prevention of Children's and Youth Problems Co-Director of the Cross-National Studies Research Program Sheila B Kamerman; Professor Emeritus and Special Lecturer Co-Director of the Cross-National Studies Res
 9780198290254
0-19-829025-X

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.