{"product_id":"children-families-and-states-9780857450968","title":"Children Families and States","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDue to the demand for flexible working hours and employees who are available around the clock, the time patterns of childcare and schooling have increasingly become a political issue. Comparing the development of different time policies of half-day and all-day provisions in a variety of Eastern and Western European countries since the end of World War II, this innovative volume brings together internationally known experts from the fields of comparative education, history, and the social and political sciences, and makes a significant contribution to this new interdisciplinary field of comparative study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e\"This is a very strong collection of essays by some of the top scholars in the field of European social policy, including both historians and social scientists. The individual chapters are richly detailed, well written, and informative, documenting a wide range of thinking and practices about children, families, and states over more than two centuries.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSonya Michel, \u003c\/strong\u003eUniversity of Maryland\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e\"[A] very useful collection. The editors have taken an inclusive approach to Europe: chapters cover not only the large countries such as France, Germany, or Britain but also many smaller nations like Switzerland, the Czech Republic, or Hungary. Each of the national case studies provides a concise and well-organized account of historical background and present-day contours of educational time policy.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnn Taylor Allen, \u003c\/strong\u003eUniversity of Louisville\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Tables, Figures, and Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tPreface \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCristina Allemann-Ghionda, Karen Hagemann, and Konrad H. Jarausch \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Introduction: Time Policy – A New Approach for the Comparative Analysis of Childcare and Education\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Children, Families, and States: Time Policies of Childcare and Schooling in a Comparative Historical Perspective\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKaren Hagemann, Konrad H. Jarausch, and Cristina Allemann-Ghionda\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Politics of Time: Comparing and Explaining Current Work-Family Policies – Theoretical and Methodological Reflections\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKimberly J. Morgan \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Background and Context: Family Policies in Comparison \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Family Law and Gender Equality: Comparing Family Policies in Postwar Western Europe\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eUte Gerhard \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e From Equality to Difference? Comparing Gendered Family Policies in Post-1945 Eastern Europe\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJacqueline Heinen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eFamily Policies and Birth Rates: Childbearing, Female Work, and the Time Policy of Early Childhood Education in Postwar Europe\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLivia Sz. Oláh \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart III:  Case Studies: Time Policies of Childcare, Preschool and Primary Education in Europe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA.  All-Day Childcare and Education Systems in Western Europe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Best Interest of the Child: Early Childhood Education in Norway and Sweden since 1945\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTora Korsvold \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Scandinavian Model: The Time Policy of Primary Education in Twentieth-Century Sweden\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLisbeth Lundahl \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Continuities and Changes – Tensions and Ambiguities: Childcare and Preschool\u003cbr\u003e \tPolicies in France\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJeanne Fagnani \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eContrasting Policies of All-day Education: Primary Schools in France and Italy since 1945\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCristina Allemann-Ghionda \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e (Pre)School is not Childcare: Preschool and Primary Education Policies in Spain since the 1930s\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCelia Valiente \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11. \u003c\/strong\u003eFrom Weak Social Democracy to Hybridized Neo-liberalism: Early Childhood Education in Britain since 1945\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKevin J. Brehony and Kristen D. Nawrotzki \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Gender, Class, and Schooling: Education Policy, School Time, and Labor Market in Post-1945 Britain\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSally Tomlinson \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eB.  Part-Time Pre- and Primary School Systems with Additional Childcare in West-Central Europe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e A West-German “\u003cem\u003eSonderweg\u003c\/em\u003e”? Family, Work, and the Half-Day Time Policy of Childcare and Schooling\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKaren Hagemann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14. \u003c\/strong\u003eFrom Part-Time to All-Day? Time Policies in the Swiss Childcare, Pre- and Primary School System since 1945\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eClaudia Crotti \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eC.  All-Day Childcare and Part-Time Pre- and Primary School Systems in Eastern Europe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15. \u003c\/strong\u003eBeyond Ideology: The Time Policy of Russian School Education since 1945\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAnatoli Rakhkochkine \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 16. \u003c\/strong\u003eEconomy and Politics:  The Time Policy of the East German Childcare and Primary School System\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMonika Mattes \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 17.\u003c\/strong\u003e Tradition Matters: Childcare, Preschool and Primary Education in Modern Hungary\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDorottya Szikra\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 18.\u003c\/strong\u003e Female Employment, Population Policy, and Childcare: Early Childhood Education in Post-1945 Czech Society\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHana Hašková\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038902419799,"sku":"9780857450968","price":99.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857450968.jpg?v=1750941874","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/children-families-and-states-9780857450968","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}