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

Children, Families, and Government analyses the relationship between child development research and the planning of social policy.

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

9780521481953, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 13 September 1996

460 pages, 14 b/w illus.
23.6 x 15.9 x 3 cm, 0.825 kg

"This volume provides an excellent resource for those who make and inform policy that affects the lives of children and families. It represents a well thought out and well executed effort to aid in the use of children development research in the design and implementation of social policies." Michele Goyette-Ewing , Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography

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.

Introduction
1. The changing nature of child and family policy: an overview Nancy W. Hall, S. L. Kagan and Edward Zigler
2. Monitoring the nation's social performance: the index of social health Marc L. Miringoff, Marque-Luisa Miringoff and Sandra Opdycke
3. Child and family policies: an International overview Sheila B. Kamerman
Part I. From Problem to Policy: 4. Welfare reform and children Lawrence M. Mead
5. The uncertain progress of education reform: 1983–1994 P. Michael Timpane
6. Not just any care: shaping a coherent child care policy Edward Zigler and Elizabeth Gilman
7. Family leave: a developmental perspective Meryl Frank and Edward Zigler
8. Head start and early childhood intervention: the changing course of social science and social policy Edward Zigler and Sally Styfco
9. America's family support movement: a moment of change Sharon L. Kagan
10 Policy development and implementation for children with disabilities James J. Gallagher
11. Child health: what public policies can improve it? Lorraine V. Klerman
12. Children's mental health: changing paradigms and policies Jane Knitzer
13. Child abuse and social policy Joan Kaufman and Edward Zigler
14. Changing images of adolescents: rethinking our policies Ruby Takanishi
15. Adolescent pregnancy and parenting Victoria Seitz
16 Drug policy in context: using what we know to effect change for children Nancy W. Hall
17. Preventing juvenile delinquency: an ecological developmental approach Elizabeth F. Emens, Nancy W. Hall, Catherine Ross and Edward Zigler
18. Taking television seriously: children and television policy Brian L. Wilcox and Dale Kunkel
Part II. Policy Issues and Influences: 19. Multiculturalism and social policy LaRue Allen and Susan Grobman
20. Linking services for children and families: past legacy, future possibilities Sharon L. Kagan and Eliza Pritchard
21. The role of the media in child and family policy Susan Muenchow
22. The relationships of developmental psychology to social policy Sheldon H. White.

Subject Areas: Child welfare [JKSB1]