Author Description

"Family Shifts looks at how families and family policies have evolved during this century; how different trends have affected families in the past and present; how spousal and parental roles have changed; how many policies are based on an inappropriate model of the family (the individual responsibility model): and how a new model of the family - the social responsibility model - might improve family policies. Family Shifts will be of interest to the general public as well as to specialists in family law, sociology, social work, family studies, policy studies, Canadian studies, and policy makers."--BOOK JACKET.