Childcare Markets

Author : Lloyd, Eva,Penn, Helen
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781847429353

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Childcare markets by Lloyd, Eva,Penn, Helen Pdf

The viability, quality and sustainability of publicly supported early childhood education and care services is a lively issue in many countries, especially since the rights of the child imply equal access to provision for all young children. But equitable provision within childcare markets is highly problematic, as parents pay for what they can afford and parental income inequalities persist or widen. This highly topical book presents recent, significant research from eight nations where childcare markets are the norm. It also includes research about ‘raw’ and ‘emerging’ childcare markets operating with a minimum of government intervention, mostly in low income countries or post transition economies. Childcare markets compares these childcare marketisation and regulatory processes across the political and economic systems in which they are embedded. Contributions from economists, childcare policy specialists and educationalists address the question of what constraints need to be in place if childcare markets are to deliver an equitable service.

Author : Eva Lloyd,Helen Penn
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781847429346

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Childcare markets by Eva Lloyd,Helen Penn Pdf

This highly topical book presents recent, significant research from eight nations where childcare markets are the norm.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Child care services
ISBN : 1447307674

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Childcare Markets by Anonim Pdf

This text brings together recent policy relevant research from seven nations operating childcare markets, allowing comparisons between privatisation and marketisation processes of early childcare education and care services.

Author : Thomas Kwan-Choi Tse,Michael H. Lee
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317439394

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Making Sense of Education in Post-Handover Hong Kong by Thomas Kwan-Choi Tse,Michael H. Lee Pdf

Since 1997 when Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, a string of education reforms have been introduced to improve the quality of education and maintain Hong Kong’s economic competitiveness in the age of globalization. This book provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of major issues and challenges faced by the education system, ranging from pre-school to higher education. It analyses the prospects for educational development in Hong Kong. It further addresses how the Hong Kong government has responded to the perceived challenges of the external environment and internal forces and explains the rationales for the actions taken. Not only does it review how the reform initiative challenges have been dealt with, it also reviews how effective these initiatives are and its implications on future directions.

Author : Gallagher Taffy Gallagher,Taffy Gallagher
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781440180064

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100 Ideas to Market Your Childcare Business by Gallagher Taffy Gallagher,Taffy Gallagher Pdf

100 Ideas You Don't Have to Think Up... Between staff calling in sick and balancing the bank account, you don't have time to sit around dreaming up new ideas to promote your program and increase enrollment. In this follow-up publication to Program Full - Your Guide to Successful Childcare Marketing, the author takes the work out of brainstorming by offering a selection of ideas that inspire owners of preschools and early learning centers to create their own marketing campaigns. This book features 100 ideas that are easy for administrators of early learning programs and childcare centers to incorporate into their current marketing activities. Each of the 100 ideas in this book was selected to make marketing a childcare center or preschool a little bit easier. The ideas range from simple to complex, and vary in budget and knowledge requirements, making it a useful reference for both family childcare and center-based programs to customize them to fit unique situations. Whether you own a small in-home childcare business, administer several child care programs for a large corporation, or are the director at a single location, you'll certainly reference this book many times during your marketing planning. Celebrate your anniversary (Idea #3) Work with local employers (Idea #68) Call them by name (Idea #14) Telephone etiquette (Idea #62) Fundraiser promotion (Idea #32) Catch the eyes of passersby (Idea #94)

Author : David M. Blau
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1991-09-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781610440608

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Economics of Child Care by David M. Blau Pdf

"David Blau has chosen seven economists to write chapters that review the emerging economic literature on the supply of child care, parental demand for care, child care cost and quality, and to discuss the implications of these analyses for public policy. The book succeeds in presenting that research in understandable terms to policy makers and serves economists as a useful review of the child care literature....provides an excellent case study of the value of economic analysis of public policy issues." —Arleen Leibowitz, Journal of Economic Literature "There is no doubt this is a timely book....The authors of this volume have succeeded in presenting the economic material in a nontechnical manner that makes this book an excellent introduction to the role of economics in public policy analysis, and specifically child care policy....the most comprehensive introduction currently available." —Cori Rattelman, Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Author : Miller, Chris,Orchard, Lionel
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447312680

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Australian Public Policy by Miller, Chris,Orchard, Lionel Pdf

At a time when neoliberal and conservative politics are again in the ascendency and social democracy is waning, Australian public policy re-engages with the values and goals of progressive public policy in Australia and the difficulties faced in re-affirming them. It brings together leading authors to explore economic, environmental, social, cultural, political and indigenous issues. It examines trends and current policy directions and outlines progressive alternatives that challenge and extend current thinking. While focused on Australia, the contributors offer valuable insights for people in other countries committed to social justice and those engaged in the ongoing contest between neo-liberalism and social democracy. This is essential reading for policy practitioners, researchers and students as well those with an interest in the future of public policy.

Author : Aisling Gallagher
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781529206494

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Childcare Provision in Neoliberal Times by Aisling Gallagher Pdf

In the absence of public provision, many governments rely on the market to meet childcare demand. But who are the actors shaping this market? What work do they do to marketize care? And what does it mean for how childcare is provided? Based on an innovative theoretical framework and an in-depth study of the New Zealand childcare market, Gallagher examines the problematic growth of private, for-profit childcare. Opening the ‘black box’ of childcare markets to closer scrutiny, this book brings to light the complex political, social and economic dynamics behind childcare provisioning.

Author : Lynet Uttal
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 081353111X

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Making Care Work by Lynet Uttal Pdf

As ever more women work outside the home, ever more families employ childcare workers. In the absence of government regulations or social models that clearly define the childcare provider's role, mothers worry about the quality of care their children are getting. By connecting the personal level of mothers' daily experiences to the larger political, economic, and ideological context of childcare, Lynet Uttal describes and explains how mothers rely on their relationship with the providers to monitor and influence the quality of care their children receive. Whereas other studies have emphasized how mothers undervalue and exploit providers, this book paints a more nuanced picture, arguing that the ties between adults who share in the care of children creates neither heroes nor victims. This ethnography reveals that mothers are often reluctant to discuss their concerns with their childcare providers. Uttal shows how mothers walk a fine line between wanting to believe in the quality of care they have chosen, and the fact that they might have made a mistake. Catalyzed by their worries about the quality of care, mothers develop complex relationships with the women--and most are women--who look after their children.

Author : Lydia Martens
Publisher : Springer
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137315038

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Childhood and Markets by Lydia Martens Pdf

This book explores how young children and new families are located in the consumer world of affluent societies. The author assesses the way in which the value of infants and monetary value in markets are realized together, and examines how the meanings of childhood are enacted in the practices, narratives and materialities of contemporary markets. These meanings formulate what is important in the care of young children, creating moralities that impact not only on new parents, but also circumscribe the possibilities for monetary value creation. Three main understandings of early childhood - those of love, protection and purification - and their interrelationships are covered, and illustrated with examples including food, feeding tools, nappies, travel systems and toys. The book concludes by re-examining the relationship between adulthood and the cultural value of young children, and by discussing the implications of the ways markets address young children, also examines the realities of older children in consumer culture. Childhood and Markets will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology, childhood studies, anthropology, cultural studies, media studies, business studies and marketing.

Author : Sarah Dickins,Jean Taylor,Ivana La Valle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Child care
ISBN : 1844784940

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Local Childcare Markets by Sarah Dickins,Jean Taylor,Ivana La Valle Pdf

Author : Susan Prentice
Publisher : Halifax, N.S. : Fernwood Pub.
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : NWU:35556033931650

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Changing Child Care by Susan Prentice Pdf

Examining when and why governments implement progressive childcare policies, this study takes a look at the different systems Canadians have adopted over the past five decades and argues that childcare is better understood as a public responsibility.

Author : Arnlaug Leira
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Child care services
ISBN : IND:30000020699371

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Models of Motherhood by Arnlaug Leira Pdf

Author : Catherine Hein,Naomi Cassirer
Publisher : International Labor Office
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822036493559

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Workplace Solutions for Childcare by Catherine Hein,Naomi Cassirer Pdf

Covers childcare centres, vouchers, subsidies, out-of-school care, parental leave and flexible working.

Author : A. Kjørholt,J. Qvortrup
Publisher : Springer
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230314054

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The Modern Child and the Flexible Labour Market by A. Kjørholt,J. Qvortrup Pdf

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