The Reconstruction of Family Policy

Abstract

Introduction: Thinking about Family Policy by Richard C. Hula The Normative Context of Family Policy Balancing the Policy Interests of Children and Adults by John Scanzoni A Feminist Approach to National Family Policy by Patricia Spakes Linking Ideology to Action The Policy Functions of Family Policies in Three States: A Comparative Analysis by Shirley L. Zimmerman State Initiatives in Family Policy by Steven R. Wisensale Latchkey Children and After-School Care: A Feminist Dilemma? by Clifton P. Flynn and Hyman Rodman Translating the Problems of the Elderly into Effective Policies: Filial Responsibility by Doris E. Dinkins Ford Abortion and Family Policy: A Mental Health Perspective by Gregory A. Wilmoth, Danielle Bussell, and Brian L. Wilcox Women Under the Collective: The Exigencies of Family Policies in China by Jean Robinson Exploring Impacts Post-Mortem on the Deterioration of the Welfare Grant by Theresa Funiciello and Sanford F. Schram Reagan's Federalism and Family Planning Services: Implications for Family Policy by Deborah R. McFarlane Child Support and the Feminization of Poverty by Andrea H. Beller and Seung Sin Chung Child Care in America: Retrospect and Prospect by Sally Lubeck and Patricia Garrett Rethinking Joint Custody Policy: Option or Presumption? by Clifton P. Flynn Policy Implications of Involving Parents in Head Start by Robert K. Leik, Mary Anne Chalkley, and Nancy J. Peterson The Future of Family Policy: A Postscript by Elaine A. Anderson References Index