Children's Interests/Mothers' Rights - The Shaping of America`s Child Care Policy (Paperback, New edition)

Why is the United States one of the few advanced democratic market societies that do not offer child care as a universal public benefit or entitlement? This book-a comprehensive history of child care policy and practices in the United States from the colonial period to the present-shows why the current child care system evolved as it has and places its history within a broad comparative context. Drawing on a full range of archival material, Sonya Michel shows how child care policy in the United States was shaped by changing theories of child development and early childhood education, attitudes toward maternal employment, and conceptions of the proper roles of low-income and minority women. And she argues that the present policy-erratic, inadequate, and stigmatized-is typical of the American way of doing welfare.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2000
First published:	September 2000
Authors:	Sonya Michel
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	432
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-08551-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Child welfare Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-300-08551-6
Barcode:	9780300085518

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