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Family Diversity and Family Policy: Strengthening Families for America’s Children

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  1. Richard M. Lerner

    1. Tufts University, Medford, USA

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  2. Elizabeth E. Sparks

    1. Boston College, USA

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  3. Laurie D. McCubbin

    1. University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

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Part of the book series: International Series in Outreach Scholarship (OUTR, volume 2)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. The Family: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

    • Richard M. Lerner, Elizabeth E. Sparks, Laurie D. McCubbin
    Pages 1-12

  3. Child Poverty within the Ecology of America’s Families

    • Richard M. Lerner, Elizabeth E. Sparks, Laurie D. McCubbin
    Pages 13-23

  4. Developmental Contextualism and the Developmental Systems Perspective

    • Richard M. Lerner, Elizabeth E. Sparks, Laurie D. McCubbin
    Pages 25-42

  5. Engaging Public Policy: The Substantive Importance of Diversity

    • Richard M. Lerner, Elizabeth E. Sparks, Laurie D. McCubbin
    Pages 43-59

  6. The Parenting of Adolescents and Adolescents as Parents

    • Richard M. Lerner, Elizabeth E. Sparks, Laurie D. McCubbin
    Pages 61-77

  7. The Importance of Diversity in Welfare Reform

    • Richard M. Lerner, Elizabeth E. Sparks, Laurie D. McCubbin
    Pages 79-107

  8. Toward the Development of a National Youth Policy

    • Richard M. Lerner, Elizabeth E. Sparks, Laurie D. McCubbin
    Pages 109-126

  9. Implications for Policy Design, Delivery, and Evaluation

    • Richard M. Lerner, Elizabeth E. Sparks, Laurie D. McCubbin
    Pages 127-140

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 141-168
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About this book

Family Diversity and Family Policy describes the dimensions of diversity which characterize the contemporary American family and discusses the implications for public policy and associated intervention programs linked to this diversity. The authors contend that if the programs and policies available to support families are to be most useful, they need to reflect the diversity of the families they intend to help.
Beginning with a discussion of the historical and contemporary context of the American family, Family Diversity and Family Policy focuses on child poverty and argues that this topic may be usefully studied within the context of developmental systems theory. This theory systematically links the development of individuals to variations in their physical and social ecology, and is used as a framework for discussing:
  • Contemporary challenges faced by parents charged with rearing adolescents, and the familial and societal issues that arise when the adolescents being reared are parents themselves.
  • Current policy issues that arise from welfare debates in the United States and from recently-enacted welfare reform legislation.
  • The importance for our nation of developing a comprehensive national youth policy.

The authors draw implications for the design, delivery, and evaluation of diversity-sensitive policies and programs for families and youth, and offer a vision of how to link scholars, policy makers, and community members in multi-professional and multi-institutional collaborations promoting the positive development of American families and youth.
Family Diversity and Family Policy is relevant to scholars and policy makers interested in human development, particularly of children and adolescents. In addition, it should be essential reading for practitioners and policy makers in government, private industry, and public and private social service organizations.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Tufts University, Medford, USA

    Richard M. Lerner

  • Boston College, USA

    Elizabeth E. Sparks

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

    Laurie D. McCubbin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Family Diversity and Family Policy: Strengthening Families for America’s Children

  • Authors: Richard M. Lerner, Elizabeth E. Sparks, Laurie D. McCubbin

  • Series Title: International Series in Outreach Scholarship

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5206-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-8612-4Published: 30 September 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-5098-7Published: 07 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-5206-9Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1566-7081

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 168

  • Topics: Psychology, general, Psychopharmacology, Political Science

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