Advanced Introduction to Family Policy (Elgar Advanced Introductions series) - Softcover

Saraceno, Chiara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1839101172 ISBN 13: 9781839101175

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022

Synopsis

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.

Written by eminent scholar Chiara Saraceno, this Advanced Introduction offers a synthetic overview of the core theoretical and policy issues involved in family policy, currently the most dynamic sector of social policies in both developed and developing countries. It discusses the three primary areas of family policy in contemporary society: financial support for the cost of children, short and long term care for children and dependent people, and work-family conciliation.

Key features include:

• An engaging and accessible style
• exploration of the roles of civil law and feminist studies
• a comparative, global perspective including analysis of the Global South
• presentation of the core conceptual and methodological debates in the field.

Providing a compact and concise introduction to the rich scholarship of the field, the Advanced Introduction to Family Policy will be a key resource for students and scholars of family policy, social policy and sociological theory.

About this title

About the Author

Chiara Saraceno, Honorary Fellow, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation and University of Turin, Italy

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2022
• ISBN 10: 1839101172
• ISBN 13: 9781839101175
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 160