PSY 3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Family Values, Hague Conventions Of 1899 And 1907
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Families as a legitimate focus of public policy: yesterday and today: chapter 7 outline, history of the family policy field, values and priorities of the american people, philanthropic commitments. This is a question of values, priorities, and political judgments that can be informed, but not answered, by science. Family policy as a field was formally conceived in 1973 at the u. s. senate subcommittee hearings on the state of american families. Distinguished scholars called for routine assessments of the impact of public policies and programs on family well-being. The family impact seminar was established in 1976 to study the idea of how to best assess family impact. History of the family policy field: over the next decade, family policy issues became politically contentious, and attention returned to single issue and single constituency research and advocacy. What issues are legitimate topics for government action, Which approaches are best to support children and families,
