The Politics of Child Daycare in Britain (Hardcover)

Arguing that daycare is vital for gender equality, this book seeks to explain why provision, especially public provision, has been so meagre in Britain. Adopting a predominantly institutional approach, it shows how the liberal tradition of limited state intervention has intersected with the private, family, as well as the potentially redistributive, character of childcare issues. It also highlights the gendered assumptions of policy-makers, the centralization of governmental process, the weakness of the childcare lobby, and of feminist mobilization on childcare and simple contingencies of timing. This policy legacy will severely constrain new Labour's commitment to 'meet the childcare challenge'.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2000
Authors:	Vicky Randall (Reader, Department of Government)
Dimensions:	241 x 164 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-828048-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Equal opportunities Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Child welfare Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > Funding of education Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
LSN:	0-19-828048-3
Barcode:	9780198280484

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