Mary Daly, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at DSPI, is lead editor of a major new publication, The Oxford Handbook of Family Policy: A Life-Course Perspective, which forms part of the prestigious Oxford Handbooks series.
With 48 chapters, running to over 1,000 pages, this comprehensive collection takes a life course perspective to examine the relationship between family and social policy in modern welfare states over time and place. Three main stages of the life course are examined: cohabitation, marriage and starting a family; the years of parenting, care and employment; transitions into later phases of life. It provides a multidisciplinary analysis of family needs and policy alternatives and offers a panoramic view of family-related trends and issues as they relate to current policies.
Oxford Handbooks include authoritative surveys of original research in a particular subject area. They feature critical examinations from leading figures in the discipline, providing a foundation for future research and offering compelling new perspectives.
The book was co-edited by Professor Birgit Pfau-Effinger of the University of Hamburg, Professor Neil Gilbert of UC Berkeley, and Professor Douglas J. Besharov of the University of Maryland.
