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Social policy refers to the overall actions and services a society takes to ensure the well-being of its citizens. As such, children are at the forefront of social policy, and investing in them is both crucial for their current well-being and an investment toward the future. However, the concept of child well-being is changing. Scholars have termed this shift as one of moving from child-saving to child development or from child welfare to child well-being. This changing context, which in many ways is still developing, is complicating the effort to develop appropriate indicators and outcome measures of children's quality of life and status and consequently it is complicating the evaluation of social policy and its contribution. This paper presents the changing context of children's well-being, the major shifts that have occurred in the field, and their implications for evaluating social policy. It then goes on to discuss the potential of international comparisons in evaluating social policies and in particular the new role for children's subjective reports on their well-being as a tool for evaluating social policy. In that regard, the paper presents the International Survey of Children's Well-Being and concludes with a call for new policies that will adhere to the new concept of children's well-being and serve to create a better life for children. (DIPF/Orig.)

This article reports the findings of a study which explored the activities of members of four Israeli Knessets (MKs) between 1990 and 2001 (the 12th to the 15th Knessets), and sought to explore possible connections between their activities in relation to child welfare and a number of social and political variables. The study was based on archival and quantitative data pertaining to MKs' activities. A short overview of the Israeli political system and the child welfare policy arena is presented, focusing on the changes they both went through between 1990 and 2001. The variety of MKs' activities on issues concerning children are described and possible connections between social and political variables and their activities are explored.

This paper reports the findings of a study exploring the attitudes & activities of members of the 13th Israeli Knesset, & seeks possible connections between the two. The study involved extensive interviews with members of the 13th Israeli Knesset (1992-96), as well as drawing on archival & quantitative data of their activities. The paper presents a short overview of the Israeli political system, the 13th Israeli Knesset, & its composition. The MKs' perceptions of social welfare policy, their attitudes towards government involvement in the provision of social welfare services & their activities, both formal & informal, on social welfare issues are described. Finally, possible connections between the MKs' attitudes & their activities are explored. 11 Tables. Adapted from the source document.

Social Indicators of Children Well Being: Past, Present, and Future -- Social Indicators of Children Well Being: Past, Present, and Future -- Conceptualizing Indicators of Children Well-Being -- Theorizing Indicators -- Children'S Conceptualisation(S) Of Their Well-Being -- Achieving Consensus In Developing A National Set Of Child Well-Being Indicators -- Young People'S Perception Of Being Safe – Globally & Locally -- Self-Reported Fears As Indicators Of Young Childrens Well-Being In Societal Change: A Cross-Cultural Perspective -- Studying children in armed conflict: data production, social indicators and analysis -- The Values Adolescents Aspire to, Their Well-being and the Values Parents Aspire to for Their Children -- Types of Indicators -- Longitudinal Indicators of the Social Context of Families: Beyond the Snapshot -- The Well-Being Of 12 - To 16-Year-Old Adolescents And Their Parents: Results From 1999 To 2003 Spanish Samples1,2 -- Self-Reports Of Child Maltreatment In The U.S.: A Key Social Indicator -- The Potential Role Of Conflict Resolution Schemas In Adolescent Psychosocial Adjustment -- Monitoring Indicators of Children's Victimization in School: Linking National-, Regional-, and Site-Level Indicators -- Indices of Children Well Being -- Indicators and Indices of Child Well-Being: A Brief American History -- Measuring Trends in Child Well-Being: An Evidence-Based Approach -- An Index of Child Well-Being in the European Union -- An Index of the Condition of Children: The Ideal and a Less-than-Ideal U.S. Example -- Using Indicators for Local, National and Comparative Studies -- Health Outcomes for Children in Canfrrada, England, Norway and The United States -- Child and Family Outcomes in New York and Tel Aviv: Using Social Indicators in a City Level ComparativeAnalysis -- Reporting on Children'S Well-Being: The State of London'S Children Reports -- Using Child and Family Indicators to Influence Communities and Policy in Los Angeles County -- Native American Kids: American Indian Children's Well-Being Indicators for the Nation and Two States -- Neighborhood Characteristics, Parenting, and Children's Safety -- Indicators of Child Well-Being Through a Neighborhood Lens.

Este artículo presenta la justificación, el desarrollo y la historia de uno de los estudios más singulares y a gran escala que se han llevado a cabo para investigar el bienestar de los niños. El estudio que aquí se presenta se basa en la comprensión de que los niños son seres humanos activos por propio derecho durante toda su infancia, y que la infancia es también una etapa en sí misma. Más aún, está basado en la idea de que el bienestar es también un fenómeno subjetivo y que debe estudiarse en función de los informes de la población investigada. En nuestro caso esta población está compuesta por niños y niñas de edades comprendidas entre los 8 y los 12 años y el estudio multinacional que se describe incluye una muestra representativa de niños de 40 países, en varias fases. El artículo presenta no solo las bases del estudio, sino también su desarrollo a través de tres etapas así como su estado actual, y finaliza con algunas reflexiones de interés para el futuro.