Does It Take A Village?: Community Effects on Children, Adolescents, and Families (Penn State University Family Issues Symposia Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805832424 ISBN 13: 9780805832426

Publisher: Psychology Press, 2001

Synopsis

Does It Take a Village? focuses on the mechanisms that link community characteristics to the functioning of the families and individuals within them--community norms, economic opportunities, reference groups for assessing relative deprivation, and social support networks. Contributors underscore those features of communities that represent risk factors for children, adolescents, and their families, as well as those characteristics that underlie resilience and thus undergird individual and family functioning.

As a society we have heavy investments both in research and in programs based on the idea that communities affect families and children, yet important questions have arisen about the validity of the link between communities, children, and families. This book answers the question of whether--and how--it takes a village to raise a child and what we can do to help communities achieve this essential task more effectively.

About this title

About the Author

Alan Booth is Professor of Sociology at The Pennsylvania State University.

ANN C. CROUTER is Professor of Human Development at Pennsylvania State University.

Synopsis

In this volume, experts from several social science disciplines explore the condition under which communities affect children's development and family functioning.

Edition details

• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0805832424
• ISBN 13: 9780805832426
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Booth Alan, Crouter Ann C.