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Book SynopsisCaring for Children interrogates Canadian public policies on the care of children, asking why the burden of care falls so heavily on women as mothers and caregivers, and what social movements are doing to try to redesign the politics of caring for children.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Movements and Policies – The Troubles of Caring for Children / Susan Prentice, Patrizia Albanese, and Rachel Langford
Part 1: The Canadian Policy Environment
1 Mad Men Social Policy: Families, Social Reproduction, and Childcare in a Conservative Canada / Kate Bezanson
2 The Politics of Income Splitting, Sex Equality, and Sex Role Stereotypes: Caring for Children or Keeping Women in Their Place? / Kathleen A. Lahey
3 Changing Early Childhood Care and Learning for Aboriginal Children / Angela Mashford-Pringle
4 Parental Leave, Class Inequalities, and “Caring With”: An Ethics of Care Approach to Canadian Parental-Leave Policy / Andrea Doucet and Lindsey McKay
Part 2: Care Campaigns – Crossing Boundaries and Policy Challenges
5 Taking Stock of Corporate Childcare in Alberta: Licensing Inspection Data in Not-for-Profit and Corporate Childcare Centres / Brooke Richardson
6 Policy Making and Unlicensed Childcare: Lessons from Ontario / Michal Perlman, Petr Varmuza, and Linda White
7 The Crisis of Social Reproduction under Global Capitalism: Working-Class Women and Children in the Struggle for Universal Childcare / Rachel Rosen, Suzanne Baustad, and Merryn Edwards
8 Crossing Boundaries: In-Home Childcare and Migration in Canada / Elizabeth Adamson
9 Nurturing Social Movement Intersectionality: Childcare Policy Advocacy in Canada / Tammy Findlay
Conclusion: Moving Forward, Lessons Learned / Patrizia Albanese, Susan Prentice, and Rachel Langford
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