Transforming Childcare and Listening to Families : Policy in Wales and Beyond.

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This book presents original ethnographic research into the connections between childcare, family lives and social policy in Wales.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ball, Wendy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2013.
Series:Politics and society in Wales.
Subjects:
Child welfare > Great Britain.
Regional government policies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Children's Studies.
Child welfare
Child welfare.
Wales.
Regional / local / state government policies.
Sociology.
Social welfare & social services.
Central / national / federal government policies.
Society & culture: general.
Society.
Great Britain
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Tables; Series Editors' Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; Shaping Childcare Policy in the United Kingdom; Devolution, Gender and Childcare: A Distinctive Policy Agenda in Wales?; Mothers' Perspectives on Childcare, Gender and Social Support; Different Neighbourhoods, Unequal Support? Local Childcare Services and Networks of Informal Care; Listening to Mothers and Fathers, Disrupting Policy?; Conclusion: Parenthood, Gender Relations and the Care Ethic in Wales; Appendix 1: Socio-Economic Profile of the Three Neighbourhoods.
  • Appendix 2: The Sample of Mothers and FathersAppendix 3: Caring for Children Interview Themes; Appendix 4: The Sample of Policy Officers; Appendix 5: Policy Officers' Interview Themes; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.

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