1st Edition
The Family In Postindustrial America Some Fundamental Perceptions For Public Policy Development
By David P. Snyder
Copyright 1980
150 Pages
by
Routledge
150 Pages
by
Routledge
150 Pages
by
Routledge
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Traditional public policy toward the family, the authors of this book argue, has produced an array of fragmented mechanical programs in response to specific, perceived "dysfunctions" in family performance. Policy has been biased by a restrictive perception that families unlike the nuclear, two-parent household are either ailing or aberrant. In response to these observations, the authors portray... Read more
Preface -- Introduction -- The Market and the Budget in Perspective -- Defining the Family for Post-Industrial Public Policy -- The Household School as Life-Span Learning Center -- Extended Familial Networks -- Familiar Groups as Molecules of Society -- The Family -- Discussant's Remarks -- Social Security in the Year 2000
Biography
David Pearce Snyder
