Handbook of Families and Poverty

by D. Russell Crane

• ISBN13: 9781412950428
• ISBN10: 1412950422
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781452214566
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-19
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
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Summary

"Edited by two well-known family researchers at Brigham Young University, this meticulously researched compendium is a trove of useful information on areas where poverty and family issues intersect. This volume should be the first stop for anyone beginning research on poverty and families." -CHOICE The Handbook of Families and Poverty  covers hotly debated issues associated with public policy and funded research as they relate to families and poverty. Contributors, bringing multiple perspectives to bear, aim to show alternatives to welfare in subgroups facing specific challenges that are currently not adequately addressed by the welfare system.  Readers will appreciate the insightful summaries of research involving poverty and its relationship to couple, marital, and family dynamics. Key Features: Provides a comprehensive view of the issues surrounding families and poverty so that readers may benefit from the findings and insights of their peers in other relevant fields, with the hope that better understanding will bring better solutions. Includes several chapters on application/intervention and theoretical issues Contains writings by contributing authors who are respected experts from a broad range of disciplines and perspectives, including business; child development; family studies; psychology; public policy; social work; and sociology.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. viii
Introduction	p. x
What Welfare Can and Cannot Do
Innovation in Social Policy: Evaluating State Efforts to Reform Welfare, Promote Work, and Help Low-Income Families	p. 2
Social Policy and Marriage	p. 22
Working Families Should Not Be Poor: The New Hope Program	p. 32
Who Will Care When Parents Can't? An Overview of Trends in Kinship Care With a Focus on the Child-Only Provisions of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program	p. 48
Poverty Among Diverse Populations and Settings
Understanding the Processes Through Which Economic Hardship Influences Families and Children	p. 64
Early Childhood Education and Care: An Opportunity to Enhance the Lives of Poor Children	p. 82
Appalachian Families and Poverty: Historical Issues and Contemporary Economic Trends	p. 104
Poverty and Economic Polarization Among Children in Racial Minority and Immigrant Families	p. 119
Processes of Poverty and Social Exclusion in Poor Families	p. 144
Mexican American Families and Poverty	p. 161
Mexican Immigrant Childbearing Women: Social Support and Perinatal Outcomes	p. 181
Food Insecurity and Provisioning: Chronic Challenges Faced by Families Living in Poverty on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation	p. 198
How Economically Disadvantaged Are American Elderly Women? Gender Differences in Economic Well-Being in Old Age	p. 220
The Effect of Socioeconomic Status on the Community Functioning of People With Serious Mental Illness and Their Families	p. 239
Addiction and Medicaid: A Prairie Sighting of Califano's "Elephant in the Living Room of American Society" and State Budgets	p. 254
Incarceration, Poverty, and Families	p. 269
Children's Time Use and Parental Involvement in Low-Income Families	p. 288
Cognitive and Emotional Outcomes for Children in Poverty	p. 311
Challenging Social Inequalities in Health	p. 334
Intervention and Education for Working with Poor Families
Giving Head Start a Fresh Start	p. 350
Grandparents: A Family Resource?	p. 365
Poor Fathers' Involvement in the Lives of Their Children	p. 381
The Health-Care Safety Net for Mexican-Origin Families	p. 395
Federal Policy Efforts to Improve Outcomes Among Disadvantaged Families by Supporting Marriage and Family Stability	p. 411
Microenterprise: Building Well-Being Among Poor U.S. Families	p. 426
Working With Families in Poverty: Toward a Multilevel, Population-Based Approach	p. 442
Increasing Marriage Would Dramatically Reduce Child Poverty	p. 457
Index	p. 471
About the Editors	p. 483
About the Contributors	p. 484
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