Child Support
From Debt Collection to Social Policy
1st Edition
Published on 10. March 1988
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-0-8039-2979-1 (ISBN)
Description
How do child support programmes and policies vary across the world? What can we learn from the experiences of different countries? This comprehensive, comparative study looks at social and legal provisions for children of one-parent families in the UK, Scandinavia, Austria, Israel, the Netherlands and the US. It critically evaluates policy options and issues such as minimal social benefits for children, advance payment of child support, debt collection mechanisms and child custody arrangements.
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Content
PART ONE: THE BACKDROP
Child Support in the United States - Alfred J Kahn and Sheila B Kamerman
The Problem
The Child Support Enforcement Program in the United States - Lowell H Lima and Robert Harris
PART TWO: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
Denmark - Rita Knudsen
Sweden - Soren Kindlund
Austria - Gerhard Hopf
Israel - Nira Shamai
The Netherlands - Casper Wiebrens
England and Wales - John Eekelaar
Child Support in Europe - Peter Dopffel
A Comparative Overview
PART THREE: THE UNITED STATES
Reflections on Child Support - Harry D Krause
Child Support Myths and Reality - Lenore J Weitzman
Marital Disruptions, Child Custody and Visitation - Frank F Furstenberg, Jr
Child Support - Ron Haskins
A Father's View
Child Support Assurance - Irwin Garfinkel
A New Tool for Achieving Social Security
A Modest US Proposal - David L Chambers
US Issues in International Perspective - Sheila B Kamerman and Alfred J Kahn
Child Support in the United States - Alfred J Kahn and Sheila B Kamerman
The Problem
The Child Support Enforcement Program in the United States - Lowell H Lima and Robert Harris
PART TWO: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
Denmark - Rita Knudsen
Sweden - Soren Kindlund
Austria - Gerhard Hopf
Israel - Nira Shamai
The Netherlands - Casper Wiebrens
England and Wales - John Eekelaar
Child Support in Europe - Peter Dopffel
A Comparative Overview
PART THREE: THE UNITED STATES
Reflections on Child Support - Harry D Krause
Child Support Myths and Reality - Lenore J Weitzman
Marital Disruptions, Child Custody and Visitation - Frank F Furstenberg, Jr
Child Support - Ron Haskins
A Father's View
Child Support Assurance - Irwin Garfinkel
A New Tool for Achieving Social Security
A Modest US Proposal - David L Chambers
US Issues in International Perspective - Sheila B Kamerman and Alfred J Kahn