OCTOBER 31 Bridging Controversy and Building Consensus: The Theory of Paradox (Part 2) A national family agenda is liberal nor conservative . . . the core issues facing the American family . . .will fit the “neither strategic need of either party. Thus, it is twice blessed, good policy and good politics.” - Blankenhorn, 1998a, p. 2 Stacey, J. (1993). Good riddance to family”: A response to David Popenoe. Journal of Marriage and the “the 545-547. Family, 55, Smith, D. E. (1993). The standard North American family: SNAF as an ideological code. Journal of Family Issues, 50-65. 14, What societal trends does the impatient camp focus on and how do they propose responding to them? What is the theory of paradox and how can it help build common ground? What is the Standard American Family (SNAF) ideological code? How does it affect research, policy, and practice? a Family Policy Map Based on Walljasper’s American Political Landscape” “Constructing NOVEMBER 5 Looking Back to Move Forward: Lessons from the History of Family Policy Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. - George Santayana (1863-1952) The essence of doing science is discovery. And that means more than uncovering new facts. The important thing may not be new facts. It may more likely be new ways of thinking about old facts. - H. Priestley (1980) CLASS READINGS Bogenschneider, K. (2014). Chapter 10. GUIDING QUESTIONS family policy originated in the 1970s, what have been some of the controversies and defining questions of each decade? How do individualistic societies like the United States justify social programs?
OCTOBER 31 Bridging Controversy and Building Consensus: The Theory of Paradox (Part 2) A national family agenda is “neither liberal nor conservative . . . the core issues facing the American family . . .will fit the strategic need of either party. Thus, it is twice blessed, good policy and good politics.” - Blankenhorn, 1998a, p. 2 Stacey, J. (1993). Good riddance to “the family”: A response to David Popenoe. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 55, 545-547. Smith, D. E. (1993). The standard North American family: SNAF as an ideological code. Journal of Family Issues, 14, 50-65. What societal trends does the impatient camp focus on and how do they propose responding to them? What is the theory of paradox and how can it help build common ground? What is the Standard American Family (SNAF) ideological code? How does it affect research, policy, and practice? “Constructing a Family Policy Map Based on Walljasper’s American Political Landscape” 5 Looking Back to Move Forward: Lessons from the History of Family Policy Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. - George Santayana (1863-1952) The essence of doing science is discovery. And that means more than uncovering new facts. The important thing may not be new facts. It may more likely be new ways of thinking about old facts. - H. Priestley (1980) Bogenschneider, K. (2014). Chapter 10. family policy originated in the 1970s, what have been some of the controversies and defining questions of each decade? How do individualistic societies like the United States justify social programs? READINGS GUIDING QUESTIONS NOVEMBER CLASS
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