Family Policy and the American Safety Net

by Janet Zollinger Giele

Book Overview

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 risks of modern life. Family policy includes any public program that helps families perform their four universal obligations of caregiving, income provision, shelter, and transmission of citizenship. In America, this means that child care, health care, Social Security, unemployment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412998948
• ISBN13: 9781412998949
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"