LEADER 05466oam 2200745I 450 001 9910828348603321 005 20240402015610.0 010 $a0-415-92705-6 010 $a1-315-02314-8 010 $a1-136-69404-8 010 $a1-136-69397-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315023144 035 $a(CKB)2550000001171283 035 $a(EBL)1581670 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001081654 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12502487 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001081654 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11091021 035 $a(PQKB)10085712 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1581670 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1581670 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10823860 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL552683 035 $a(OCoLC)865579123 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB137090 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001171283 100 $a20180706d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aChild care policy at the crossroads $egender and welfare state restructuring /$fedited by Sonya Michel and Rianne Mahon 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2002. 215 $a1 online resource (717 p.) 300 $aPapers from a 1999 workshop organized by and held at the Belle van Zuylen Institute for Multicultural and Comparative Gender Studies at the University of Amsterdam. 311 $a0-415-92704-8 311 $a1-306-21432-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments.; Introduction. Gender and Welfare State Restructuring: Through the Lens of Child Care.; Welfare State Restructuring and the Decline of the Male-Breadwinner Family; Understanding Divergent Patterns of Response; The Politics of Child Care; Preliminary Conclusions; Notes; References; Part 1. The Consequences of Weak Feminism; Chapter 1. Gender and Generation: Japanese Child Care and the Demographic Crisis.; Introduction; The Postwar Japanese Welfare State 327 $aGender Politics and the Development of Family and Child Care Policies in JapanThe Postwar Development of Gender Politics and Child Care Policies; From 1947 to the Mid-1950s:The Reemergence of Women's Public Roles and the Notion of Public Child Care as a Way to Resuscitate the Family and the Nation; The Mid-1950s to the End of the 1960s: A New Vision of theWestern Middle-Class Family and the Beginning of Policy Fragmentation; The 1970s to the Mid-1980s:The Emergence of the Japanese-Style Welfare Society and Intensification of the State's Dualistic Policies toward the Family and Child Care 327 $aThe Late 1980s to the Present: The "1.57 Shock" and the Resurgence of Public Child CareToward a New Discourse in Gender and Welfare State Restructuring in Japan; Notes; References; Chapter 2. The Value of an Educational Emphasis: Child Care and Restructuring in Spain since 1975.; Analytical Framework; Central State Child Care Policies in Spain; Social and Political Actors in the Policy Area of Child Care; Policymakers in the Ministry of Education and Culture; Feminist Advocates; Conclusion; Notes; References 327 $aChapter 3. Ideology, Economics, and the Politics of Child Care in Poland before and after the Transition.Introduction; Women's Labor and Contradictory Politics under Communism; The Mirage of Child Care Centers and Nursery Schools; The Influence of the Catholic Church and the Key Role of Child Care Leave; A Difficult Transition; Child Care Centers and Nursery Schools: A Collapse; Women Discriminated Against in Law and Practice; The Weight of Traditional Roles; Notes; References; Part 2. The Power of "Choice" 327 $aChapter 4. Australia: Child Care and State-Centered Feminism in a Liberal Welfare Regime.Australia's National Child Care Program; From Philanthropy to Feminism; Child Care and the Trade Union Movement; The Shift to Commercial Providers; Choice-The New Conservative Rhetoric; Conclusion; Note; References; Chapter 5. The Illusion of Free Choice: Ideals of Care and Child Care Policy in the Flemish and Dutch Welfare States.; The Conservative-Corporatist Regime and Ideals of Care; The State of Care Today; Women's Labor Market Participation and the Use of Child Care 327 $aThe Origin of State Intervention: The Labor Market Paradigm 330 $aWhether childcare is seen as part of society's educational policy, welfare policy, or employment policy affects not only its form and content but also its public image. The contributors in this volume use current polices for the care of infants and preschool children to analyze debates and track the emergence of new state welfare practices across a variety of social and political configurations-and offer some conclusions about which methods work the best. 606 $aChild care$xGovernment policy 606 $aSex discrimination against women 606 $aFamily policy 606 $aWelfare state 615 0$aChild care$xGovernment policy. 615 0$aSex discrimination against women. 615 0$aFamily policy. 615 0$aWelfare state. 676 $a362.71/2 701 $aMahon$b Rianne$f1948-$01618737 701 $aMichel$b Sonya$f1942-$01661745 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828348603321 996 $aChild care policy at the crossroads$94017868 997 $aUNINA