Handbook of Family Policies Across the Globe

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Introduction.- Family Policies across the Globe: Development, Implementation and Assessment.- II. Family Policies in Africa.- Toward Sustainable Family Policies in Sierra Leone: Developments and Recommendations.- Public Policy and Families in Kenya.- Child and Family-focused Policy in Botswana.- Family Policy in South Africa.- III. Europe.- Family Policies in Norway Families and Family Policies in Sweden.- Family Policies -The Case of Iceland.- Family Policy in Ireland.- Family Policy in Germany.- Family Patterns of Change in Italy: Challenges, Conflicts, Policies and Practices.- Family Policies in Spain.- Family Policies in Portugal.- Family Policies in Moldova.- Family Policy in Russia: Folkways versus State-ways Revisited.- For Whose Sake Is It Anyway? Evaluation of Explicit Family Policies in Turkey.- IV. Family Policies in Asia.- Family Policy in China: A Snapshot of 1950-2010.- Family Policy in Taiwan: Development, Implementation, and Assessment.- Family in India: Problems and Policies.- Family policy in South Korea: Development, Implementation and Evaluation.- Policy Responses to Population Declining Society: Development and Challenges of Family Policies in Japan.- V. Australia.- Reform, Revolution and Lingering Effects: Family Policies in Australia.VI. North America.- Canada's Patchwork Policy: Family Policy in the Canadian Context.- Romantic/Marit al, Parental and Familial Relationship Policies in the United States.- Families and Policies in Mexico.- The Commonwealth Caribbean: Family Policy in the Caribbean Community.- South America.- Family Policy in Colombia: A Focus on Policies for Vulnerable Families.- Family Policies in Ecuador: A Call for Explicit Family Policies.- Family Policies in Brazil.