From child welfare to child well-being : an international perspective on knowledge in the service of policy making /

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Imprint:Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2010.
Description:xix, 437 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Children's well being: indicators and research series, 1879-5196 ; v. 1
Children's well being: indicators and research series ; v. 1.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7914538
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Other authors / contributors:Kamerman, Sheila B.
Phipps, Shelley A. (Shelley Ann), 1959-
Ben-Aryeh, Asher
ISBN:9789048133765 (alk. paper)
9048133769 (alk. paper)
9789048133772 (e)
9048133777 (e)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • From "child saving" to "child development"? / Alfred J. Kahn
  • From child welfare to children well-being : the child indicators perspective / Asher Ben-Arieh
  • An historical perspective on child welfare / Brenda G. McGowan
  • Testing practice wisdom in child welfare / Anat Zeira
  • Understanding child maltreatment systems : a foundation for child welfare policy / Barbara Fallon ... [et al.]
  • Fact-based child advocacy : the convergence of analysis, practice, and politics in New York City / Gail B. Nayowith
  • Using early childhood wellbeing indicators to influence local policy and services / Claudia J. Coulton and Robert L. Fischer
  • Social policy and the transition to adulthood for foster youth in the US / Mark E. Courtney
  • The ecological perspective on the human rights of children / Edmund Bruyere and James Garbarino
  • Social problem construction and its impact on program and policy responses / Karen M. Staller
  • The development of international comparative child and family policies / Shirley Gatenio Gabel
  • Using child indicators to influence policy : a comparative case study / Lawrence Aber ... [et al.]
  • In children's voices / Peter Burton and Shelley Phipps
  • Assuring child support : a re-assessment in honor of Alfred Kahn / Irwin Garfinkel and Lenna Nepomnyaschy
  • Child poverty and antipoverty policies in the United States : lessons from research and cross-national policies / Sandra K. Danziger and Sheldon Danziger
  • Income support for families and the living standards of children / Peter Saunders
  • An international perspective on child benefit packages / Jonathan Bradshaw
  • Canadian policies for families with very young children in international perspective / Shelley Phipps
  • Child poverty in upper-income countries : lessons from the Luxembourg income study / Janet C. Gornick and Markus Jäntti
  • Early childhood education and care / Peter Moss
  • Childcare policies in France : the influence of organizational changes in the workplace / Jeanne Fagnani
  • Regional case studies : child well being in Europe / Dominic Richardson
  • Child, family, and state : the relationship between family policy and social protection policy / Sheila B. Kamerman.