Child poverty and deprivation in the industrialized countries, l945-1995 / edited by Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Sheldon Danziger.

Common themes, methodological approach, and main findings / Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Sheldon Danziger -- Child poverty and deprivation in the industrialized countries from the end of World War II to the end of the Cold War era / Giovanni Andrea Cornia -- Growth, public expenditure, and household welfare in industrialized countries / Andrea Boltho -- Investing in children : government expenditure for children and their families in Western industrialized countries / Sheila B. Kamerman and Alfred J. Kahn -- Family policies in Eastern Europe : fromsocialism to the market / Gaspar Fajth and Tatiana Zimakova -- Child poverty and deprivation in Russia : improvement, standstill, and retrogression / Giovanni Andrea Cornia -- The American paradox : high income and high child poverty / Sheldon Danziger, Sandra Danziger, and Jonathan Stern -- Child welfare in the United Kingdom : rising poverty, falling priorities for children / Jonathan Bradshaw -- Child welfare in Portugal amidst fast growth and weak social policy/