Child care policy at the crossroads : gender and welfare state restructuring / / edited by Sonya Michel and Rianne Mahon

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (717 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.71/2
• Soggetto topico: Child care - Government policy; Sex discrimination against women; Family policy; Welfare state
• Altri autori: MahonRianne <1948-> MichelSonya <1942->
• Note generali: Papers 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.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; 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 ; Gender 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 ; The 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 ; Chapter 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" ; Chapter 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 ; The Origin of State Intervention: The Labor Market Paradigm
• Sommario/riassunto: Whether 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Child care policy at the crossroads
• ISBN: 0-415-92705-6; 1-315-02314-8; 1-136-69404-8; 1-136-69397-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790803803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II