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- Title
Changing the Paradigm: Family Responsibility or Investing in Children.
- Authors
Jenson, Jane
- Abstract
Since the 1980s and even more markedly in the 1990s, new public policies and programs with "child" or "children" in the title have proliferated in Canada. This article makes the claim that this shift in policy focus marks the appearance of a new policy paradigm. The article supports this claim first by describing change over time, characterizing it as shift from a paradigm in which parents have full responsibility for their children's well-being to one that can be labeled an investing-in-children paradigm, in which responsibility for children's well-being is shared by families and the broader community. In each case, the role of the state and its public policy choices are quite different. The article next accounts for the change, attributing it not only to new social and economic risks but also to the work of a social-learning network made up of advocates and experts from civil society and inside the state.
- Subjects
CANADA; CHILD welfare; SOCIAL work with children; CHILD support; CHILD services; FAMILY policy; PUBLIC welfare; SOCIAL policy
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Sociology, 2004, Vol 29, Issue 2, p169
- ISSN
0318-6431
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/3654692