Childcare Provision in Neoliberal Times : The Marketization of Care /

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Subjecting the 'black box' of childcare markets to closer scrutiny, this book brings to light complex political, social and economic work of making childcare markets.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gallagher, Aisling (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Child care.
Child care > Economic aspects.
Day care centers > Administration.
Day care centers > Economic aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Marriage & Family.
Garderies > Nouvelle-Zelande > Administration.
Garderies > Aspect economique > Nouvelle-Zelande.
Day care centers > New Zealand > Administration.
Day care centers > Economic aspects > New Zealand.
Child care > Economic aspects > New Zealand.
Child care > New Zealand.
New Zealand.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright information
  • Dedication
  • Table of contents
  • Table of tables and boxes
  • List of abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Childcare as a Market of Collective Concern
  • Neoliberalism and the rise of a market ethic
  • Addressing new social problems: making markets of collective concern
  • Childcare as a site of interest for neoliberal policy communities
  • Markets as the answer to the childcare problem?
  • Childcare markets in Australia and the UK
  • State-led marketization in Australia
  • State-led marketization in the UK
  • Approach of the book
  • Chapter overview
  • 2 Childcare Markets as an Object of Study
  • Who cares? Critiques of marketized childcare and the role of the state
  • Social studies of markets
  • 1. Markets are not naturally occurring, they are 'practical accomplishments'
  • 2. Market failures are the norm, not the exception
  • 3. Markets are a socio-technical assemblage of human and non-human elements
  • 4. Markets need to mobilize adherents
  • 5. Markets are highly contested spaces
  • Childcare markets from an SSM perspective
  • Methodology: studying childcare markets anew?
  • Conclusion
  • 3 State-Led Marketization: The Creation of the New Zealand Childcare Market
  • Childcare as a neoliberal policy solution in New Zealand
  • Framing the childcare market: the Before Five reforms
  • Enrolling actors into the market
  • Overflowing the Before Fives
  • Reframing the market through the Strategic Plan 2002-2012
  • Market contestation: the 20 hours free ECE payment
  • Market asymmetries and the growth of the private sector
  • Conclusion
  • 4 Private Providers, Childcare Labour and the Problem of Finance
  • Contesting the value of childcare labour
  • Bigger is better? Childcare market consolidation as a financial strategy
  • Childcare financialization: the case of Evolve Education
  • Borrowing from the future: the financial strategies of small scale providers
  • Conclusion
  • 5 The Childcare Property Investment Market
  • Researching a governmental blind spot
  • Property investment and the problem of finance
  • Childcare property: from building to asset
  • Rentiership and the cost of care
  • Non-human matters
  • Conclusion
  • 6 Childcare Management Software and Data Infrastructures in the Market
  • Governing the market through data
  • Managing finance through the software
  • Data analytics and managing services in 'real time'
  • Non-economic rationales: using the software to make time for care
  • Conclusion
  • 7 Conclusion
  • State-led marketization and the fragility of childcare markets
  • Childcare markets: going forward
  • 8 Epilogue: Market Responses to COVID-19
  • References
  • Index
  • Back Cover

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