Contents

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Preface xv
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. The Meaning and Significance of Families and Threats to Their Well-Being 21
8. 2. Families as Comprehensive Social Welfare Institutions and Preventive Systems 50
9. 3. Meaningful, Gender-Equitable Work and Family Well-Being 76
10. 4. Key Sensitizing Concepts, a Family Policy Continuum, and Examples from the IYF 115
11. 5. Analyzing Policy Impacts and Making Strategic Policy Choices for Families and Helping Professions 153
12. 6. Families as Experts and Partners in the Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Family-Centered Policies and Practices 185
13. 7. Developing Family-Centered Policy and Practice Discourses 213
14. 8. Introducing Policy-Practice Skills for Family-Centered Change Agents 249
15. 9. Promoting New Alliances Among Families, Family Advocates, and Helping Professionals 275
16. 10. Introducing Globalization’s Challenges and Opportunities and Analyzing Economic Globalization and Liberalization 293
17. 11. Globalization, Flows of Culture and People, and New-Century Frameworks for Family-Centered Policies, Practices, and Development 338
18. 12. New-Century Investment Strategies and Social Action Agendas for the World’s Families 377
19. Appendix: Key Web Sites 389
20. Bibliography 391
21. Index 431