In Our Hands : The Struggle for U.S. Child Care Policy /

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A call for better child care policies, exploring the reasons why there has been so little headway on a problem that touches so many families. Working mothers are common in the United States. In over half of all two-parent families, both parents work, and women's paychecks on average make up 35...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Palley, Elizabeth (Author), Shdaimah, Corey S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social policy.
Child care > Law and legislation.
Child care.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Marriage & Family.
LAW > Child Advocacy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Child care > Law and legislation > United States.
Child care > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique sociale.
United States > Social policy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Framing
  • History
  • The role of interest groups
  • Current U.S. child care policies
  • Women and child care
  • Strategic framing of child care
  • Child care as a social movement
  • If we have a major social problem, why is there no movement for change?

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