Families & Economic Distress: Coping Strategies and Social Policy

Families and Economic Distress depicts the economic, psychological, and familial consequences of unemployment, reviews political responses to economic hardships, and provides policy recommendations. Interdisciplinary scholars offer divergent approaches and perspectives, providing a multifaceted yet well-integrated discussion of what unemployment means for families and how policies could alleviate the hardships these families experience. Individual sections consider: the effect of economic dislocation; coping with economic distress; understanding unemployment; political responses to economic distress; the sources and impact of federal policy. Reliance on sophisticated methodologies, incorporation of rVoydanoff, Patricia is the author of 'Families & Economic Distress: Coping Strategies and Social Policy', published 1988 under ISBN 9780803929999 and ISBN 0803929994.