Family Policy and Family Professionals

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In this introduction to the thematic issue on family policy, I discuss the evolution over the past decade in the approach to family policy taken by family professionals. I argue that the writings of policy-oriented professionals have become more modest in scope, more focused on specific issues, more aware of the moral tensions inherent in intervening in family affairs, and more appreciative of the strengths of families. This has led, I argue, to a more limited but more constructive contribution to the debates about the family and public policy.

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