Children, Families, and States :: Time Policies of Childcare Preschool, and Primary Education in Europe.

Due 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...

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Other Authors: Hagemann, Karen (Editor), Jarausch, Konrad H. (Konrad Hugo), 1941- (Editor), Allemann-Ghionda, Cristina, 1949- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., 2011.
Series:Contemporary European History, vol. 8.
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Online Access:DE-862
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Summary:Due 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 compa
Physical Description:1 online resource (458 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857450975
0857450972
0857450964
9780857450968

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