Research for Action
Subtitle: Cross-National Perspectives on Connecting Knowledge, Policy, and Practice for Children
Contributors: Robert J. Chaskin (Editor); Jona M. Rosenfeld (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: August 29, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780195314083
Subjects: Public health & preventive medicine; Social Work; Social research & statistics; Social welfare & social services; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Sociology; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Social Science / Social Work; Child welfare; Children; Cross-cultural studies; Services for
Description: This book builds up a cross-case analysis that distills lessons, throws enduring questions into relief, and lays a foundation for informing future practice. It mines the cross-national experience to develop perspective for a better understanding of the importance of different policy and cultural environments.