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Family Policy in Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2002

Fran Wasoff  and
Malcolm Hill
Fran Wasoff
Affiliation:
School of Social and Political Studies, University of Edinburgh Email: [email protected]
Malcolm Hill
Affiliation:
Centre for the Child and Society, University of Glasgow
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Abstract

Family policy now has greater prominence in UK politics than ever before. These policies are developing in the context of major constitutional change across the UK, which has the potential for significant policy divergence. Devolution has generated greater interest in Scottish family policy, and how its policy processes have been reconfigured. New Scottish legal and policy initiatives with a family focus have emerged from both Westminster and Holyrood. This paper reviews the present context for family policy in Scotland, some recent family policy developments at both UK and Scottish levels of government, and identifies key issues these raise.

Type
Research Article
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , July 2002 , pp. 171 - 182
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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