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Handbook of Families and Poverty
Author(s): D. Russell Crane (Editor), Tim B. Heaton
- Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
- Publication Date: 5 Dec. 2007
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 512 pages
- ISBN-10: 1412950422
- ISBN-13: 9781412950428
Book Description
―CHOICE The Handbook of Families and Poverty covers hotly debated issues associated with public policy and funded research as they relate to families and poverty. Contributors, bringing multiple perspectives to bear, aim to show alternatives to welfare in subgroups facing specific challenges that are currently not adequately addressed by the welfare system. Readers will appreciate the insightful summaries of research involving poverty and its relationship to couple, marital, and family dynamics. Key Features:
- Provides a comprehensive view of the issues surrounding families and poverty so that readers may benefit from the findings and insights of their peers in other relevant fields, with the hope that better understanding will bring better solutions.
- Includes several chapters on application/intervention and theoretical issues
- Contains writings by contributing authors who are respected experts from a broad range of disciplines and perspectives, including business; child development; family studies; psychology; public policy; social work; and sociology.
Editorial Reviews
Review
— D.J. Conger ― CHOICE – May 2008 Vol.45 No.09 Published On: 2008-03-26
About the Author
Dr. Heaton is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Associate Director of the Family Studies Center at Brigham Young University. His major research focuses on the relationship between family characteristics on children’s health in Latin America. In addition to analysis of the extensive data provided by the demographic and health surveys, he has helped collect data on mothers with children under age 5 in Bolivia and Colombia. He also continues to be interested in family demographics. Current work focuses on the divorce generation―the cohort married in the late 1960s and 1970 which experienced unprecedented divorce rates. Now half of this cohort has experienced marital disruption. He has authored over 100 articles and chapters, and authored or edited 11 books.
