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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463420003321

Autore

Ball Wendy

Titolo

Transforming childcare and listening to families : policy in Wales and beyond / / by Wendy Ball

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cardiff, [Wales] : , : Published on behalf of the University of Wales, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-299-20159-8

0-7083-2552-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

Politics and Society in Wales

Disciplina

362.709429

Soggetti

Child care - Great Britain

Child care - Government policy - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published on behalf o the University of Wales."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Tables; Series Editors' Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; Shaping Childcare Policy in the United Kingdom; Devolution, Gender and Childcare: A Distinctive Policy Agenda in Wales?; Mothers' Perspectives on Childcare, Gender and Social Support; Different Neighbourhoods, Unequal Support? Local Childcare Services and Networks of Informal Care; Listening to Mothers and Fathers, Disrupting Policy?; Conclusion: Parenthood, Gender Relations and the Care Ethic in Wales; Appendix 1: Socio-Economic Profile of the Three Neighbourhoods

Appendix 2: The Sample of Mothers and FathersAppendix 3: Caring for Children Interview Themes; Appendix 4: The Sample of Policy Officers; Appendix 5: Policy Officers' Interview Themes; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents original ethnographic research into the connections between childcare, family lives and social policy in Wales.