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Family Disintegration
The contemporary family is being distracted, disturbed and distraught by societal pressures from every direction. The nuclear family concept, believed crucial to child rearing, is becoming passé according to census data. Or has the wave of disruption to families crested? It is hoped that this bibliography will serve as a useful tool to researchers seeking further information on families and the pressures being exerted upon them in the 21st century.
Dimensions of Job-family Tension
Based on data drawn from four national surveys conducted between 1988 and 1992. Reviews factors which lead to tension between job and family responsibilities, identifies segments of the population in which such tension is prevalent, and describes ways in which it impacts on the employment relationship.
Caring Communities
This publication is a collection of papers (some including tables and charts) presented by their authors at the 1989 Symposium on Social Supports. Some of the major issues addressed in the publication are: effects of AIDS on social-service workloads, impacts on women's health of having to work outside the home and care for a family, effects of family support upon seniors' usage of services from agencies and firms, ethnic differences in caring for the elderly, and various kinds of help given by the elderly to their familes and to voluntary agencies. Also included are commentaries on the studies by senior professionals in fields of social service. The book contains a total of 15 papers that present research findings or review the state of knowledge in a given field of research.
Parent-child Exchanges of Supports and Intergenerational Equity
What are the consequences of including private exchanges of supports when evaluating whether there is inter-generational equity in Canada? This general question is the focus of the analysis, which presents related information concerning the exchange of supports between parents and their children. Using the data from the General Social Survey, the book addresses questions related to the general one cited above. When we study intra-familial exchanges of supports how strong are the indications that parents and children adhere to definitions of "inter-generational equity" that are the same as or consistent with the dominant ones found in the major debates? When we study intra-familial exchanges ...
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 13, 1993
During the past few decades, the dramatic social changes with regard to our aging population and changes in the family unit have made both demographic and socioeconomic consequences, as well as an effect on matters of social policy. The prestigious editors, George L. Maddox and M. Powell Lawton, have assembled an impressive group of expert contributors whose chapters address topics from the latest theory and research findings to the changing balance of work and families, as well as patterns of kinship.
Co-ordinating Services for Children and Youth at Risk A World View
With 15-30% of our children and youth at risk of failing in school, increasing the co-ordination of education, health and social services is seen as part of the solution. This book shows how it is being done in Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the United States.
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Canada and the United States
"Deeply substantive, thoughtful, up-to-date, and lively. For anyone wanting to understand the differences and similarities between these two countries, and the reasons behind them, this is the place to start." - Kent Weaver, Senior Fellow in Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution
Wasting Away
Wasting Away is a provocative text that examines and assesses the Canadian health care system. It examines the development of the Canadian health care system, and breaks the analysis down into accessible units: who provides (the institutions and the people); who pays (funding sources); and who decides (public, private, and patients).
