Constructing policy change : early childhood education and care in liberal welfare states /

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"In Constructing Policy Change, Linda A. White examines the expansion of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policies and programs in liberal welfare states, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA. In the first part of the book, the author investigates the sources o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: White, Linda A. (Linda Ann), 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2017.
Series:Studies in comparative political economy and public policy ; 52.
Subjects:
Early childhood education > Government policy > Developed countries.
Child care > Government policy > Developed countries.
Education and state > Developed countries.
Éducation de la première enfance > Politique gouvernementale > Pays industrialisés.
Enfants > Soins > Politique gouvernementale > Pays industrialisés.
Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > Pays industrialisés.
EDUCATION > Elementary.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics
Education and state.
Child care > Government policy.
Early childhood education > Government policy.
Developed countries.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; Part One: Assessing the Scope of Policy Change in Liberal Welfare States; 1 Constructing Policy Change in Early Childhood Education and Care: Scientific Avenues and Cultural Impediments in Liberal Welfare States; 2 The Idea of Childhood and the Idea of Motherhood in Liberal Welfare States; 3 Explaining the Shift in Norms Surrounding Early Childhood, Motherhood, and the State in the Twenty-First Century; Part Two: The Sources of Policy Change; 4 The Role of Science in the Development of an ECEC Knowledge Regime.
  • 5 Transnationalization and Internationalization of ECEC IdeasPart Three: From Ideas to Policy Change; 6 Constructing Early Childhood Education and Care Policy Shifts in the United States; 7 Constructing Early Childhood Education and Care Policy Shifts in Canada; Part Four: Conclusion; 8 Conclusion; Notes; References; Permission Credits; Index.

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