 | Strengthening the Family - Implications for International Development (UNU, 1991, 268 pages) |
 |  | (introductory text...) |
|  | Introduction and purpose |
| | Introduction |
| | Goals |
| | Project scope |
| | Need for a family focus |
| | Definitions of the family and its functions |
| | Potential multiplier effects for family interventions |
| | Seeking development from within each culture |
| | Organization and overview |
| | References |
| | Social change and the family |
| | Sociological, anthropological, and historical perspectives |
| | The modern family |
| | Positive links between socio-economic development and the modern family |
| | Negative effects of development on the family and society |
| | Changes in the late- and post-industrial era |
| | At the threshold of profound change |
| | The post-modern family |
| | Reach of post-modern influences into the developing world |
| | Lessons from the social change literature for family social health |
| | A post-modern approach to progress |
| | References |
| | Economic perspectives on the family |
| | Introduction |
| | Definitions of the family and household |
| | The new home economics |
| | Concepts in the analysis of household/family behaviour |
| | Methods for predicting the impact of development inputs on families |
| | Findings relevant to the family |
| | Insights regarding family social wellness |
| | References |
| | Psychological approaches to the family |
| | The vastness of the field |
| | The family as an entity |
| | The family from a child development perspective |
| | The family both as an entity in itself and as the producer of developmental and welfare outcomes of its members |
| | Family social wellness |
| | References |
| | Perspectives from international development assistance and from family programmes |
| | The flagship role of early childhood development programmes |
| | The UNICEF conceptual framework |
| | Family factors and programmes that protect high-risk children |
| | The effects of early intervention programmes |
| | Impacts on family functioning or social health |
| | References |
| | The Javanese family |
| | Introduction to the Javanese model |
| | East Asian relationship to socio-economic development |
| | An overview of Java |
| | Concepts of individual, family, and community |
| | The family arrangements |
| | The status of women in the javanese family |
| | The Javanese value of children |
| | Marital relationships |
| | Relationships in the family |
| | Social network and family support system |
| | Javanese concept of life |
| | Teaching manners and values |
| | Social implications of the javanese value system |
| | Challenges for transition |
| | Notes |
| | References |
| | The Yoruba family: Kinship, socialization, and child development |
| | Introduction to the yoruba model |
| | The Yoruba family |
| | References |
| | Structural models of family social health theory |
| | Conceptualization of the family system model |
| | Justification of the model |
| | An application of structural modelling |
| | Javanese family models |
| | Nigerian family models |
| | Notes |
| | Appendix: Variable description and composite index construction |
| | References |
| | Synthesis of concepts and research needs |
| | Introduction |
| | Definition of well-functioning families or family social health |
| | Importance of family social health in producing child growth and development |
| | Family management |
| | Caring capacity |
| | Beliefs, rules, and goals |
| | Family boundary maintenance |
| | Proposed research model for measuring family social health |
| | The need for further research |
| | References |
| | Policy and programme recommendations |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Need to alleviate poverty |
| | Need to support local family policy initiatives |
| | Assessment, cultural renewal, and policy formation |
| | Negative effects of existing policy structures |
| | New social realities |
| | Public familism |
| | Confusion over the roles of organized religion, the government, non-governmental organizations, and the family |
| | Slowing, speeding, or adjusting cultural change |
| | Seeking answers in post-modern industrial conditions and Asian examples |
| | Specific recommendations |
| | References |
| | Contributors |
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