Fatherhood and family policy

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = ⅸ
• List of Contributors = xi
• 1. Fatherhood and Social Policy in International Perspective: An Introduction / Michael E. Lamb = 1
• Outline of the Volume = 7
• 2. Paternal Child Care as a Policy Relevant Social Phenomenon and Research Topic: The Question of Values / Rivka Eisikovits = 13
• Introduction = 13
• The Social Context of Paternal Child Care:Implications for Values = 14
• The Transmission of Changing Cultural Norms:Implications for Paternal Child Care as an Emergent Pattern = 15
• Value Considerations in Research.on Fathers:Implications for Policy = 18
• Summary = 21
• 3. Fatherhood and Social Policy: Some Insights from a Comparative Perspective / Sheila B. Kamerman = 23
• Introduction = 23
• Social Policy and Family Policy: Defining the Terms = 24
• Gender in Social and Family Policies = 25
• Family Policy in the 1980s = 30
• Conclusion = 35
• 4. The Swedish Parental Insurance Policy: An Experiment in Social Engineering / Michael E. Lamb ; James A. Levine = 39
• The Goals of Family Policy = 40
• The Parental Insurance Scheme = 41
• Utilization of Parental Leave by Fathers = 43
• Factor Limiting Utilization of Paid Parental Leave by Fathers = 47
• 5. The Father's Case in Child Custody Disputes: The Contributions of Psychological Research / Ross A. Thompson = 53
• Introduction = 53
• The Development of the Best Interests Guideline = 54
• The Relevance of Psychological Research to Judicial Issues = 60
• Fathers in the Intact Family = 64
• The Effects of Divorce on Children and Their Parents = 77
• Fathers as Single Parents = 83
• Summary and Conclusions = 90
• 6. The Fatherhood Project / James A. Levine ; Joseph H. Pleck ; Michael E. Lamb = 101
• The Problem = 102
• Goals and Objectives = 105
• Description of Activities = 106
• Summary = 110
• 7. The Gender Dilemma in Social Welfare : Who Cares for Children? / Martin Wolins = 113
• The Father as Asset = 114
• The Father as Problem = 117
• The Father as an Irrelevant Figure = 121
• Rhe "Proper" Gender of Caretakers = 123
• Summary and Conclusion = 126
• 8. Fathers and Child Welfare Servlces : The Forgotten Clients? / Eliezer D. Jaffe = 129
• Devaluation of the Father's Role = 130
• Fathers as a Subculture = 133
• Summary = 135
• 9. Increased Paternal Participation : The Fathers' Perspective / Graeme Russell ; Norma Radin = 139
• Paternal Participation = 140
• Possible Impact of Increased Participation on Fathers = 146
• Factors That May Influence Paternal Participation = 156
• Summary and Conclusions = 162
• 10. Increased Fathering : Effects on the Mother / Lois Wladis Hoffman = 167
• Will Paternal Participation Increase? = 167
• Effects on the Mother = 173
• Summary and Conclusions = 185
• 11. Increased Father Participation and Child Development Outcomes / Norma Radin ; Graeme Russell = 191
• Research Strategies Employed in the Study of Paternal Influences = 192
• Processes by Which Paternal Influence May Be Exerted = 193
• Father-Influences on Child Development = 195
• Similarties and Differences in Findings for Paternal Influence in Traditional and High-Father-Involved Families = 207
• Gaps in Our Knowledge About the Influences of Highly Participant Fathers = 209
• 12. Costs and Benefits of Increased Paternal Involvement in Childrearing: The Societal Perspective / Abraham Sagi ; Nachman Sharon = 219
• PreferencesFor the Nuclear Family Arrangement = 220
• Changing Family Roles = 221
• Consequences = 222
• Toward Increased Paternal Involvement = 225
• Determinants of Paternal Involvement = 225
• Strengths and Probabilities = 227
• Cost Analysis = 228
• General Summary = 230
• 13. Cross-Cultural Uses of Research on Fathering / Rivka Eisikovits ; Martin Wolins = 235
• Why Cross-Cultural ResearchInformation on Fathering? = 236
• The Case of Immigration = 239
• The Knowledge We Have: The Knowledge We Need = 242
• Conclusion = 244
• 14. Summary and Recommendations for Public Policy / Michael E. Lamb ; Graeme Russell ; Abraham Sagi = 247
• Employment = 248
• Legal Practices = 250
• Health Practices = 252
• Education = 253
• Social Services = 255
• Public Policy = 256
• Conclusion = 257
• Author Index = 259
• Subject Index = 269