Handbook of families & poverty [[electronic resource] /] / D. Russell Crane, Tim B. Heaton, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910480808603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; ; London, : SAGE, c2008
• ISBN: 1-78268-906-0; 1-4522-1456-5; 1-4129-7659-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (513 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): CraneD. Russell; HeatonTim B
• Disciplina: 362.5560973
• Soggetti: Poverty - United States; Poor families - United States; Families - United States; Economic assistance, Domestic - United States; Public welfare - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I: WHAT WELFARE CAN AND CANNOT DO; 1 - Innovation in Social Policy; 2 - Social Policy and Marriage; 3 - Working Families Should Not Be Poor; 4 - Who Will Care When Parents Can't?; Part II: POVERTY AMONG DIVERSE POPULATIONS AND SETTINGS; 5 - Understanding the Processes Through Which Economic Hardship Influences Families and Children; 6 - Early Childhood Education and Care; 7 - Appalachian Families and Poverty; 8 - Poverty and Economic Polarization Among Children in Racial Minority and Immigrant Families; 9 - Processes of Poverty and Social Exclusion in Poor Families10 - Mexican American Families and Poverty; 11 - Mexican Immigrant Childbearing Women; 12 - Food Insecurity and Provisioning; 13 - How Economically Disadvantaged Are American Elderly Women?; 14 - The Effect of Socioeconomic Status on the Community Functioning of People With Serious Mental Illnessand Their Families; 15 - Addiction ; and Medicaid; 16 - Incarceration, Poverty, and Families; 17 - Children's Time Use and Parental Involvement in Low-Income Families; 18 - Cognitive and Emotional Outcomes for Children in Poverty; 19 - Challenging Social Inequalities in HealthPart III: INTERVENTION AND EDUCATION FOR WORKING WITH POOR FAMILIES; 20 - Giving Head Start a Fresh Start; 21 - Grandparents; 22 - Poor Fathers' Involvement in the Lives of Their Children; 23 - The Health-Care Safety Netfor Mexican-Origin Families; 24 - Federal Policy Efforts to Improve Outcomes Among Disadvantaged Families by Supporting Marriage and Family Stability; 25 - Microenterprise; 26 - Working With Families in Poverty; 27 - Increasing Marriage Would Dramatically Reduce Child Poverty; Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: Written by respected scholars from a variety of disciplines this book will cover hotly debated issues associated with public policy and funded research as they relate to families and poverty.