Books by Lorraine Fox Harding

Family, State and Social Policy brings together two important themes: the changing nature of the family; The book explores and clarifies the significance both of family change for policy, and of policy for families, outlining models that can be used in order to understand the state's approach and response to families.

Child care law and policy issues generate very strong emotions and raise crucial questions concerning the role of the state. This text presents four different value perspectives on child care policy - "laissez-faire", state paternalism, defence of the birth family, and children's rights.