Family : challenges for the future
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Family : challenges for the future
United Nations Publications, c1996
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Cover title
"Sales no. E.95.IV.4"--p. [2]
"This collection of original papers was written to mark the International Year of the Family (IYF), 1994. First published separately in the IYF Occasional papers series between 1992 and 1995"--p. 4.4
Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-443)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Based on papers submitted to mark the International Year of the Family, this work aims to increase awareness of the importance and needs of today's families. Some of the views and concepts recorded have enjoyed consensus, whilst others have often invited debate. The opinions presented here range from reformist to conservative, nostalgic to futuristic.
Table of Contents
- Family matters
- family - forms and functions
- family as environment - an ecosystem perspective on family life
- reinventing fatherhood
- the intersection of the family, gender, and economy in the developing world
- family enrichment - programmes to foster health family development
- partnership families
- family and crime
- the family and youth - issues problems and opportunities
- the elderly and the family in developing countries
- families and disability
- migration and the family
- family leave - changing needs of the world's workers
- the concept of family health
- family - agents and beneficiaries of socio-economic development.
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