Children, Families, and Government: Preparing for the Twenty-First Century

by Edited by Edward F. Zigler , Sharon Lynn Kagan , Nancy W. Hall , Foreword by John Brademas

• ISBN13: 9780521481953
• ISBN10: 0521481953
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-09-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Children, Families, and Government: Preparing for the Twenty-first Century analyses the relationship between child development research and the design and implementation of social policy concerning children and families. This book is both timely and enduring; perennially important issues like health care, welfare reform, and drug abuse, are addressed in a context that enables the reader to relate current events to the theories and foundations on which policies are based. It highlights state of the art research and reforms to specify policy areas affecting children and families.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vii
Foreword	ix
John Brademas
Acknowledgments	xiii
Part I Introduction
The Changing Nature of Child and Family Policy: An Overview	3	(7)
Nancy W. Hall
Sharon L. Kagan
Edward F. Zigler
Monitoring the Nation's Social Performance: The Index of Social Health	10	(21)
Marc L. Miringoff
Marque-Luisa Miringoff
Sandra Opdycke
Child and Family Policies: An International Overview	31	(20)
Sheila B. Kamerman
Part II From Problem to Policy
Welfare Reform and Children	51	(26)
Lawrence M. Mead
The Uncertain Progress of Education Reform, 1983-1994	77	(17)
P. Michael Timpane
Not Just Any Care: Shaping a Coherent Child Care Policy	94	(23)
Edward F. Zigler
Elizabeth Gilman
Family Leave: A Developmental Perspective	117	(15)
Meryl Frank
Edward F. Zigler
Head Start and Early Childhood Intervention: The Changing Course of Social Science and Social Policy	132	(24)
Edward F. Zigler
Sally Styfco
America's Family Support Movement: A Moment of Change	156	(15)
Sharon L. Kagan
Policy Development and Implementation for Children with Disabilities	171	(17)
James J. Gallagher
Child Health: What Public Policies Can Improve It?	188	(19)
Lorraine V. Klerman
Children's Mental Health: Changing Paradigms and Policies	207	(26)
Jane Knitzer
Child Abuse and Social Policy	233	(23)
Joan Kaufman
Edward F. Zigler
Changing Images of Adolescents: Rethinking Our Policies	256	(12)
Ruby Takanishi
Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting	268	(20)
Victoria Seitz
Drug Policy in Context: Using What We Know to Effect Change for Children	288	(20)
Nancy W. Hall
Preventing Juvenile Delinquency: An Ecological, Developmental Approach	308	(25)
Elizabeth F. Emens
Nancy W. Hall
Catherine Ross
Edward F. Zigler
Taking Television Seriously: Children and Television Policy	333	(22)
Brian L. Wilcox
Dale Kunkel
Part III Policy Issues and Influences
Multiculturalism and Social Policy	355	(23)
LaRue Allen
Susan Grobman
Linking Services for Children and Families: Past Legacy, Future Possibilities	378	(16)
Sharon L. Kagan
Eliza Pritchard
The Role of the Media in Child and Family Policy	394	(15)
Susan Muenchow
The Relationships of Developmental Psychology to Social Policy	409	(18)
Sheldon H. White
Index	427