The Modern Child and the Flexible Labour Market [electronic resource] : Early Childhood Education and Care /
Kjørholt, A.editor.
Qvortrup, J.editor.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- 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.
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.
Childhood.
Adolescence.
Social groups.
Family.
Welfare state.
Educational sociology .
Education and sociology.
Educational sociology.
Social work.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Politics of the Welfare State.
Sociology of Education.
Sociology of Education.
Social Work.