Who cares for our children? : the child care crisis in the other America / Valerie Polakow ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich

Author: Polakow, Valerie
Published: New York : Teachers College Press, [2007]
Copyright Date: ©2007
Physical Description: xii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Contents

Introduction: Who cares? -- Whose rights? -- Young, vulnerable, and poor : confronting the child care maze -- Struggling and juggling : school, work, and child care -- "Difficult" children : disrupted placements and expulsions -- Immigrant mothers : child care in the shadows -- "It was a wonderful and different change" : when child care works -- The right to child care.

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9780807747742 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0807747742 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780807747759 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807747750 (cloth : alk. paper)

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AUTH: EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIV. CRITIQUES US PUBLIC POLICY CONCERNING POVERTY & CHILD CARE.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-216) and index.

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