The modern child and the flexible labour market

early childhood education and care

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The modern child and the flexible labour market

early childhood education and care

"This book sheds light on new research related to welfare state, child care policies, and small children's everyday lives in instuitutions in a variety of countries. In uniting recent social childhood research, welfare perspectives and historical and comparative approaches, the book explores institutionalization as a feature of modern child life"--

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Palgrave Macmillan
Language
English

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Table of Contents

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PART I: Introduction; A.T. Kjrholt * PART II: The Labour Market and Institutionalisation of the Modern Childhood: A Historical and Comparative Perspective
Labour Market and Particular Care Arrangement for Small Children in Norway, Sweden and West Germany after 1945; T. Korsvold * Labour Market and Particular Care Arrangement for Small Children: Free Choice or Gentle Force? How can Parental Leave Change Gender Practices?; B. Brandth &
E. Kvande * Child Care Policies in Nordic Countries: Parents, Children and Politics in Iceland and Norway; G.B. Eydal * Flexible Flexibility: For Whom and What for?; M. Rantalaiho *
PART III: Flexible Spaces, Flexible Children? Contemporary Policy and Practice * 'Child-centredness' and 'The Child': The Cultural Politics of Nursery Schooling in England; A. James * Policies of Early Childhood Education and Care: Partnership, Individualisation and 'Guided Spontaneity'; H. Strandell * Children's Sense of Place in a Preschool Context; G. Hallden *
Flexible Spaces in 'The Nature': Transcending the 'Fenced' Childhood in Day Care Centres?; R.D. Nilsen * The Kindergarten as a Bazaar: Freedom of Choice and Social Life Among Children; A.T. Kjrholt &
M. Seland * Kindergartens in Denmark: Reflections on Continuity and Change; E. Gullv
* Caringscapes of the Flexible Labour Market: Modern Day Care and Creative Knowledge Workers; B. Johansen * PART IV: Conclusion - Institutionalisation: A Secular Trend; J. Qvortrup.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

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Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire, New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.71/2
Library of Congress
HQ778.7.E85 M63 2011, HQ778.7.E85 M63 2012, HM721-726HM716-753.2

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24839383M
Internet Archive
modernchildflexi00kjrh
ISBN 10
0230579329
ISBN 13
9780230579323
LCCN
2011013808
OCLC/WorldCat
308174923

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