Family : challenges for the future
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Family : challenges for the future
United Nations Publications, c1996
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"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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