National Taiwan University Fall 2005
Department of Social Work Lin Wan-I
FAMILY POLICY

Course Description
The course examines the changing structure of the family and the interplay between social policy and family life. Students will be expected to prepare a paper which compares family related policy in two or more countries similar in economic level but different in culture and politics, or evaluates a specific family related policy in Taiwan. Also, students will be welcomed to develop their thesis based on the paper.
Teaching Methods and Gradings
The earlier sessions will place more emphasis on lecture. Four meetings later, more discussion will be expected. The seminar is composed of assigned readings as background for discussion topics, one oral report during the term, and a paper on a mutually agreeable topic. The topic of papers should be submitted by week 5. Papers should be a maximum 10-20 pages and will be due on the last day of class.
Topics and Assignments
1. FAMILY POLICY: An Introduction
林萬億 (2002) 台灣的家庭變遷與家庭政策，台大社會工作學刊，6期，頁35-88。
許雅惠 (2000) 家庭政策之兩難─從傳統意識形態出發，社會政策與社會工作學刊，4:1, 237-289.
*Barbier, Jean-Claude (1990) Comparing Family Policies in Europe: methodological problems, International Social Security Review, March, 327-339.
*Bogenschenider, Karen (2000) Has Family Policy Come of Age? a decide review of the state of U.S. Family Policy in the 1990s, Journal of Marriage & Family, 62:4, 1136-1160.
Hantrais, Linda and Marie-Therese Letablier (1996) Families and Family Policy in Europe, London: Longman.
*Hiilamo, Heikki (2004) Changing Family Policy in Sweden and Finland during the 1990s, Social Policy & Administration , 38:1, 21-40
Mercier, Joyce; Stephen Garasky and Mack Shelley (2000) Redefining Family Policy: implication for the 21st century, Iowa State University Press.
McNeece, C. Aaron (1995) Family Social Work Practice: from therapy to policy, Journal of Family Social Work, 1:1, 3-18.
Smart, Carol (1997) Wishful Thinking and Harmful Tinkering? Sociological Reflections on Family Policy, Journal of Social Policy, 26:3, 301-21
Weick, Ann and Dennis Saleebey (1995) Supporting Family Strengths: orienting policy and practice toward the 21st century, Families in Society , 76:3, 141-49.
Zimmerman, Shirley L. (1995) Understanding Family Policy: theoretical approaches. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications.
2. FAMILY, COMMUNITY, MARKET and STATE
Dingwall, R. and J. M. Eekelaar (1988) Families and the State: an historical perspective on the public regulation of private conduct, Law and Policy, 10:4,341-61.
Every, Jo Van (1991) Who is the Family? the assumptions of British Social Policy, Critical Social Policy, 11:3, 62-75.
Gittins, Diana (1993) The Family in Question. London: Macmillan.
*Hakim, Catherine (2003) Competing Family Models, Competing Social Policies, Family Matters, 64, 52-61.
*Jenson, Jane (2004) Changing the Paradigm: Family Responsibility or Investing in Children, Canadian Journal of Sociology/ Cahiers canadien de socilogie, 29(2), 169-192.
*Kittay, Eva Feder (2001) A Feminist Public Ethic of Care Meets the New Communitarian Family Policy, Ethics, 111:3, 523-548.
O'Connor, Julia S., Ann Shola Orloff and Sheila Shaver (1999) States, Markets, Families: gender, liberalism and social policy in Australia, Canada, Great Britain and the United States, Cambridge Press.
Pascall, Gillian (1997) Social Policy : a new Feminist Analysis, Routledge.
Rodger, John (1995) Family Policy or Moral Regulation? Critical Social Policy, 15:1, 5-25.
3. FAMILY AND CHILD CARE
Baudelot, Olga ; Sylvie Rayna; Susanna Mayer and Tullia Musatti (2003) A Comparative Analysis Function of Coordination of Early Childhood Education and Care in France and Italy, International Journal of Early Years Education, 11:2, 105-116.
Bartfeld, Judi (2003) Falling Through The Cracks: gaps in child support among welfare recipients, Journal of Marriage and Family, 65, 72-89.
Barth, Richard (1994) Shared Family Care: child protection and family preservation, Social Work, 39:5, 515-525.
Daniel R. Meyer and Rebecca Y. Kim (1998) Estimating a Proposed Family Policy's Effects, Journal of Family Issues, 19:5, 534-555.
*Fagnani, Jeanne (2002) Why do French Women Have More Children then German Women? family policies attitudes towards child care outside the home, Community, Work & Family, 1, 103-119.
Hofferth, Sandra & Sharon G. Deich (1994) Recent U. S. Child Care and Family Legislation in Comparative Perspective, Journal of Family Issues, 15:3, 424-448.
Jack, Gordon and Paul Stepney (1995) The Children Act 1989 protection or persecution? family support and child protection in the 1990s, Critical Social Policy, 15:126-39
Joshi, Heather and Hugh Davies (1992) Day Care in Europe and Mothers' Forgone Earnings, International Labour Review, 131:6, 561-580.
Leira, Arnlaug (2002) Working Parents and the Welfare State: family change and policy reform in Scandinavia, Cambridge.
*Mannes, Marc; Eugene C. Roehlkepartain and Peter L. Benson (2005) Unleashing the Power of Community to Strengthen the Well-Being of Children, Youth, and Families: An Asset-Building Approach, Child Welfare, LXXIV: 2, 233-250.
Meyer, Daniel and Rebecca Kim (1998) Estimating a Proposed Family Policy's Effects; incorporating labor supply responses to an assured child support benefit, Journal of Family Issues, 19:5, 534-55.
*Meyers, Marcia and Janet Gornick (2003) Public of Private Responsibility? Early Childhood Education and Care, Inequality, and the Welfare State, Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 34:3, 379-411.
Ohlander, Ann-Sofie (1987) The Invisible Child? the Struggle over Social Democratic Family Policy, in Klaus Misgeld et al., Creating Social Democracy: a century of the Social Democratic Labor Party in Sweden. University Park, Pa: The Pennsylvania State University Press. Ch.7.
Savolainen, Jukka; Ero Lahelma; Karri Silventionen; Ann Helen Gauthier (2001) Parenthood and Psychological Well-being in Finland: does public policy make a difference, Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 32:1, 61-75.
Scott, Gill (1998) Child-care: the changing boundaries of family, economy and state, Critical Social Policy, 18:4, 519-528.
Smith, Carrie Jefferson; Ana Beltran; Donna Butts; Eric R. Kingson (2001) Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Emerging Program and Policy Issues for the 21st Century, Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 35:1, 33-46.
Walsh, Mary R. (1987) The Psychology of Women: ongoing debates. New Haven: Yale University Press. Qs.11.〝Should Mothers Stay Home with Their Young Children?〞
*White, Linda (2002) Ideas and Welfare State: Explaining Child Care Policy Development in Canada and the United States, Comparative Political Studies, 35:6, 713-743.
Windebank, Jan (1996) To What Extent can Social Policy Challenge the Dominant Ideology of Mothering? a cross-national comparison of Sweden, France and Britain, Journal of European Social Policy,6:2,147-61.
*Windebank, Jan (1999) Political Motherhood and the Everyday Experience of Mothering: a comparison of the child care strategies of French and British working mothers, Journal of Social Policy, 28:1, 1-25.
Wilensky, Joe (2002) Child Care Policy with a World View: Valkommen, Human Ecology, Dec. 2-6.
4. FAMILY CARE AND LONG-TERM CARE
呂寶靜 (2001)老人照顧：老人、家庭、正式服務，五南。
Asahara, Kiyomi and associates (2002) Family Caregiving of the Elderly and Long-term Care Insurance in the Rural Japan, International Journal of Nursing Practice, 8, 167-172.
*Batavia, Andrew (2002) Consumer Direction, Consumer Choice, and the Future of Long Term Care, Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 13:2, 67-73.
*Cummins, Robert (2001) The Subjective Well-Being of People Caring for a Family Member with a Severe Disability at Home: a review, Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 26:1, 83-100.
Dorfman, Lorraine et al., (1998) Attitudes Toward Service Use Among Wife Caregivers of Frail Older Veterans, Social Work with Health, 27:4, 39-63.
Doty, P. (1986) Family Care of the Elderly: the role of public policy, Milbank Quarterly, 64:1, 34-75.
Hauser, Richard (1999) Adequacy and poverty among retired people, International Social Security Review, 52, 107-.
Korpi, Walter (1995) The Position of the Elderly in the Welfare State: comparative perspectives on old-age care in Sweden.〞Social Service Review, 69:2, 242-73.
Mitchell, Wendy and Patricia Sloper (2002) Information that Informs rather than Alienates Families with Disabled Children: developing a model of good practice, Health and Social Care in the Community, 10:2, 74-81.
Morris, Jenny (1994) Community Care of Independent Living? Critical Social Policy, 14:1, 24-45.
Nusberg, Charlotte (1993) A Global View of Changing States and Family Support for Older Persons, Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 5:1/2, 7-12.
*Powell, Jason L. (2005) Aging and Family Policy: A Sociological Excursion, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, XXXII:2, 63-74
*Priestley, Mark (2000) Adults Only: Disability, Social Policy and the Life Course, Journal of Social Policy, 29:3, 421-439.
Rein, Martin and John Turner (1999) Work, Family, State and Market: Income packaging for older households, International Social Security Review, 52, 93-106.
Stone, Robyn and Sharon Keigher (1994) Toward a Equitable Universal Caregiver Policy: the potential of financial supports for family caregivers, Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 6:1/2, 57-75.
Trydegard, Gun-Britl (2001) Tradition Change and Variation: past and present trends in public old-age care, Stockhlom University.
Watson, Debby (2002) Exploring Multi-agency Working in Services to Disabled Children with Complex Healthcare Needs and their Families, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 11, 367-375.
5. FAMILY POLICY AND GENDER EQUALITY
Bock, Gisela and Pat Thane (1994) Maternity & Gender Policies: women and the rise of the European Welfare States 1880s-1950s. Routledge.
Coltrane, Scott (1996) Family Man: fatherhood, housework, and gender equity, Oxford University press.
Gilbert, Neil (1993) Gender Equality, Family Policy and Social Care, in P. Saunders & S. Shaver eds. Theory and Practice in Australian Social Policy. University of New South Wales: Social Policy Research Centre.
Hutchison, Elizabeth (1993) Child Welfare as a Women's Issues, Families in Society, 73:2, 67-77.
*Hobson, Barbara (2002) Making Men into Fathers: Men, Masculinities and the Social Politics of Fatherhood, Cambridge.
Leira, Arnlaug (1993) Mothers, Markets and the State: a Scandinavian Model? Journal of Social Policy, 22:3, 29-47.
*Leira, Arnlaug (2002) Working Parents and Welfare State: family change and policy reform in Scandinavia, Cambridge University Press.
*Sainsbury, Diane (1999) Gender and Welfare State Regimes, Oxford University Press.
*Williams, Joan C. and Holly C. Cooper (2004) The Public Policy of Motherhood, Journal of Social Issue, 60:4, 849-865
6. FAMILY, WORK AND INCOME
*Arksey, Hilary (2002) Combining Informal Care and Work: supporting carers in the workplace, Health and Social Care in the Community, 10:3, 151-161.
Driver, Stephen and Luke Martell (2002) New Labour, Work and the Family, Social Policy and Administration, 36:1, 46-61.
Earle, Jenny (2002) Family-friendly Workplaces: a tale of two sectors, Family Matters, 61, 12-17.
Gray, Matthew and David Stanton (2002) Work and Family Life: our workplaces, family and futures, Family Matters, 61, 1-11.
Waldfogel, Jane (1999) The Impact of the Family and Medical Leave Act, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 18:2, 281-302.
Hagen, Jan L. (1999) Public Welfare and Human Services: New Directions Under TANF? Families in Society, 80(1), 78-90.
Gerdes, Karen E. (1998) Aid to Families with Dependent Children: Reform versus Reality, Journal of Progressive Human Services, 9(1), 45-62.
Gerstel, Naomi & Dan Clawson (2001) Unions Responses to Family Concerns, Social Problems, 48:2, 77-298.
Hu, Wei-Yin (1998) Child Support, Welfare Dependency, and Women's Labor Supply, The Journal of Human Resources, XXXIV: 1, 71-103.
Meyers, Marcia; Janet, Gornick & Laura, Peck (2001) Packaging Support for Low Income Families, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 20:3, 457-484.
*Moen, Phyllis and Sweet, Stephen (2004) From 'Work-Family to Flexible Careers' A Life Course Reframing, Community, Work & Family, 7:2, 209-226.
Perry-Jenkins, Maureen; Renal Repetti; Ann Crouter (2000) Work and Family in the 1990s, Journal of Marriage & Family, 62:4, 981-999.
Sainsbury, Diane (1999) Gender and Welfare State Regimes, Oxford.
*Seccombe, Karen (2002) Beating the Odds vs. Changing the Odds: Poverty, Resilience, and Family Policy, Journal of Marriage and Family, 64, 384-394.
*Zimmerman, Shirley (2000) A Family Policy Agenda to Enhance Families. Transactional Interdependencies over the life span, Family in Society, 81:6, 557-567.
7. MARITAL DISSOLUTION & RECONSTITUTION
*Baskerville, Stephen (2004) Is There Really a Fatherhood Crisis? The independent Review, VIII: 4, 485-508
*Carlson, Allan (2004) Two Becoming One Flesh: Marriage as a Sexual and Economic Union, The Intercollegiate Review, 13-23
Coltrane, Scott (2001) Marketing the Marriage Solution Misplaced Simplicity in the Politics of Fatherhood: 2001 Presidential Address to the Pacific Sociological Association, Sociological Perspectives, 44:4, 387-418.
*Hans, Jason (2002) Stepparenting After Divorce: stepparents' legal position regarding custody, access, and support, Family Relations, 51:4, 301-307.
Holden, Karen and Pamela (1991) The Economic Costs of Marital Dissolution: why do women bear a disproportionate cost? Annu. Rev. Social, 17, 51-78.
*Hyden, Margareta (2001) For the Child's Sake: parents and social workers discuss conflict-filled parental relations after divorce, Child and Family Social Work, 6, 115-128.
Martin, Claude (1995) Father, Mother and The Welfare State: family and social transfers after marital breakdown, Journal of European Social Policy, 5:1, 43-63.
Teachman, Hay (2003) Premarital Sex, Premarital Cohabitation, and the Risk of Subsequent Martial Dissolution among Women, Journal of Marriage and Family, 65, 444-455.
8. SINGLE PARENT FAMILY
Aurora P. Jackson (1998) The Role of Social Support in Parenting for Low-Income, Single, Black Mothers, Social Service Review, 72:3, 365-378.
*Chambaz, Christine (2001) Lone-parent Families in Europe: A Variety of Economic and Social Circumstances, Social Policy and Administration, 35:6, 658-671.
*Christopher, Karen et al., (2002) The Gender Gap in Poverty in Modern Nations: single motherhood, the market, and the state, Sociological Perspectives, 45:3, 219-242.
Ecans, Patricia (1992) Targeting Single Mothers for Employment: Comparisons from the United States, Britain, and Canada, Social Service Review, Sept. 378-398.
*Debord, Karen et al., (2000) Understanding a Work-Family Fit for Single Parents Moving form Welfare to Work, Social Work, 45:4, 313-324.
Hampden-Thompson, Gillian and Pong, Suet-Ling (2004) Does Family Policy Environment Moderate the Effect of Single-Parenthood on Children's Academic Achievement? A Study of 14 European Countries" Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 卷期, 227-248
*Himmelweit, Susan (2004) Dialogue on Lone Mothers: What is To Be Done, Feminist Economics, 10(2), 237-264
Kissman, Kris (1991) Feminist-Based Social Work with Single-Parent Families, Families in Society, Jan.23-28.
McLanahan, Sara and Karen Booth (1989) Mother-Only Families: problems, prospects, and politics, Journal of Marriage and the Family, 51(August), 557-80.
McLanahan, Sara (1994) The Consequences of Single Motherhood, American Prospect, 18, 48-58.
Rosenthal, Marguerite (1994) Single Mothers in Sweden: work and welfare in the Welfare State, Social Work, 39:3, 270-79.
Sands, Roberta G. and Kathleen E. Nuccio (1989) Mother-Headed Single-Parent Families: a feminist perspective, Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 4:3, 25-41.
Silva, Elizabeth (1996) Good Enough Mothering? Feminist Perspectives on Lone Motherhood, Routledge.
Wang, Yin-ling; I. Garfinkel and S. McLannahan (1993) Single Mother Families in Eight Countries: economic status and social policy, Social Service Review, 67, 178-97.
Weitoft, Gunilla Ringback et al., (2003) Mortality, Severe Morbidity, and Injury in Children Living with Single Parents in Sweden: a population-based study, The Lancet, 361, 289-295.
Zhan, Min and Michael Sherraden (2003) Assets, Expectations, and Children's Educational Achievement in Female-Headed Households, Social Service Review, June, 191-211.
9. MIGRANT PARTNERS
*王宏仁 (2001) 社會階層化下的婚姻移民與國內勞動市場：以越南新娘為例，台灣研究季刊，41期，頁99-127.
*潘淑滿 (2004) 從婚姻移民現象剖析公民權的限制與實踐，社區發展季刊，105期，頁30-43
夏曉鵑 2002 流離尋岸：資本國際化下的「外籍新娘」現象，台灣社會研究叢刊09。
*Boushel, Margaret (1994) The Protective Environment of Children: towards a framework for anti-oppressive cross-cultural and cross-national understanding, British Journal of Social Work, 24, 173-190.
*Grahama, Kamini M. (2003) 'For the Family': Asian Immigrant Women' Triple Day, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, XXX:1, 65-90
10. ABORTION, TEENAGE MOTHERS, COHABILITATION AND HOMOSEXUALITY
Allen, Katherine & David Demo (1995) The Families of Lesbians and Gay Men: a new frontier in family research, Journal of Marriage and the Family, 57:1, 111-128.
*Barlow, Anne and Probert Rebecca (2004) Regulating Marriage and Cohabitation: Changing Family Values and Policies in Europe and North America-An Introductory Critique, LAW & POLICY, 26:1, 1-11
*Bissell, Mary (2000) Socio-Economic Outcomes of Teen Pregnancy and Parenthood: a review of the literature, The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 9:3, 191-204.
Bullen, Elizabeth & Jane Kenway (2000) New Labour, Social Exclusion and Educational Risk Management: the case of 'gymslip mums', British Educational Research Journal, 26:4, 441-456.
*Cocca, Carolyne (2002) From Welfare Queen to Exploited Teen: Welfare Dependency, Statutory Rape, and Moral Panic, NWSA Journal, 14:2, 56-79.
Collins, Mary E. et al., (2000) Teenage Parents and Welfare Reform: findings from a survey of teenagers affected by living requirements, Social Work, 45:4, 327-338.
Eriksen, John (2001) Unmarried Cohabitation and Family Policy in Norway, International Review of Sociology, 11:1.
Hopkins, N. and S. Reicher (1992) Anti-Abortion Propaganda: a critical analysis, Critical Social Policy, 35, 64-78.
*Lind, Amy (2004) Legislating the Family: Heterosexist Bias in Social Welfare Policy frameworks, Journal of Sociology and social Welfare, XXXI:4, 21-35
Luker, Kristin (1984) Abortion: the politics of motherhood, Berkeley: University of California Press.
Moroz, Victor and Paula Allen-Meares (1991) Assessing Adolescent Parent and Their Infants: Individualized Family Service Planning, Families in Society, 72:8, 461-468.
Plotnick, Robert (1993) The Effect of Social Policies on Teenage Pregnancy and Childbrearing, Families in Society, 74:6, 324-328.
Lord, Shirley; Barbara Huddleston-Mattai; Phyllis Pomerantz; Rashida Williams (1996) Families United: A Model Teen Parent Intervention Program, Journal of Progressive Human Services, 7(1), 59-70.
Singh, Susheela et al., (2001) Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Adolescent Women's Sexual and Reproductive Behavior: the case of five developed countries, Family Planning Perspectives, 33:6, 251-258.
Boushel, Margaret (1996) Vulnerable Multiracial Families and Early Year Services: concerns, challenges and opportunities, Children & Society, 10, 1-11.
11. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Arias, Ileana et al., (2002) Violence Against Women: the State of Batterer Prevention Programs, The Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethics, 30:3, 157-165.
*Bohmer, Carol et al., (2002) Domestic Violence Law Reforms: reactions from the trenches, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, XXIX:3, 71-87.
Danis, Fran (2003) The Criminalization of Domestic Violence: what social workers need to know, Social Work, 48:2, 237-246.
Danis, Fran and Lockhart Lettie (2003) Domestic Violence and Social Work Education: what do we know, what do we need to know, Journal of Social Work Education, 39:2, 215-224.
Faver, Catherine and Elizabeth Strand (2003) Domestic Violence and Animal Cruelty: untangling the web of abuse, Journal of Social Work Education, 237-253.
*Grauwiler, Peggy and Linda Mills (2004) Moving Beyond the Criminal Justice Paradigm: a radical restorative justice approach to intimate abuse, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, XXXI: 1, 49-69.
*Horwath, Jan (2002) Maintaining a Focus on the Child? Child Abuse Review, 11:195-213.
Kelly, Kristin (2004) Working Together to Stop Domestic Violence: State-Community Partnerships and the Changing Meaning of Public and Private, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, XXXI:1, 27-47.
*Lutze, Faith and Megan Symons (2003) The Evolution of Domestic Violence Policy Through Masculine Institutions: from discipline to protection to collaborative empowerment, Reaction Essay, 2:2, 319-328.
Mullender, Audrey (1996) Rethinking Domestic Violence, Routledge.
Rand, Michael and Linda Saltzman (2002) The Nature and Extent of Recurring Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States, Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 138-149.
Yoshihama, Mieko (2002) Breaking the Web of Abuse and Silence: voices of battered women in Japan, Social Work, 47:4, 389-400.
12. FAMILY SERVICES
Armstrong, Clare and Malcolm Hill (2001) Support Services for Vulnerable Families with Young Children, Child and Family Social Work, 6, 351-358.
*Austin, Sandra (2005) Community-Building Principles for profe4ssional Development, Child Welfare, LXXXIV: 2, 105-122.
*Barlow, Jane and associates (2003) Working in Partnership: the development of a home visiting service for vulnerable families, Child Abuse Review, 12:172-189.
Erickson, Martha and Richard Louv (2002) The Family Re-Union Initiative: A Springboard for Family-Centered Community Building, Locally and Nationally, Family Process, 41:4, 569-578.
Jehl, Jeanne (1999) Comprehensive Services for Children and Families: the federal role, Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 10:3, 281-296.
*Kelly, Susan and Betty Blythe (2000) Family Preservation: a potential not yet realized, Children Welfare, LXXIX: 1, 29-42.
Melamid, Elan and Gabriel Brodbar (2003) Matching Needs and Services: An Assessment Tool for Community-Based Service System, Child Welfare, LXXXII: 4, 397-412.
Sabatino, Christine (2001) Family-Centered Sections of the IFSP and School Social Work Participation, Children & School, 23:4, 241-252.
*Wise, Sarah (2003) The Child in Family Services: expanding child abuse prevention, Australian Social Work, 56:3, 18-196.