State-family Alliances and Children's Welfare

A Research Agenda

Bibliographic Data

ID3103370
AuthorsF F Furstenberg (0000-0002-8815-4578, California University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume4
Issue2
Pages183-192
Publication date1997-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChildhood (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0907-5682 • E-ISSN: 1461-7013
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0907568297004002004
OpenAlexW2170314596
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited34

A popular topic of dialogue in many nations today concerns the proper balance between family and state in terms of their responsibility for the cultivation of potential in children. This article begins with a discussion of the American prototype of the family-state alliance vis-a-vis the child, contrasting the American model to alternative European models. This discussion leads the author to speculate about the consequences of various patterns of family-state collaboration on the well-being of children. The article concludes with an agenda of comparative research that explores the relationship between state and kinship systems and the direct or indirect impact on children

Alliance · Human rights · Kinship · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State responsibility · Welfare · Welfare state · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Law · Psychology

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