"This engaging collection gathers theoretical and empirical insights from leading family policy experts. The authors - representing diverse countries, disciplin
Family Policy and the American Safety Net shows how families adapt to economic and demographic change. Government programs provide a safety net against the new
The Handbook of Family Policy examines how state and workplace policies support parents and their children in developing, earning and caring. With original cont
The authors highlight how structural circumstances in countries with various degrees of industrialization are associated with specific policies. The analyses of
Nancy Folbre challenges the conventional economist's assumption that parents have children for the same reason that they acquire pets--primarily for the pleasur