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Transforming Childcare and Listening to Families : Policy in Wales and Beyond

Author
Ball, Wendy
Published
Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2013.
Physical Description
1 online resource (226 pages).
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Tables; Series Editors' Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; Shaping Childcare Policy in the United Kingdom; Devolution, Gender and Childcare: A Distinctive Policy Agenda in Wales?; Mothers' Perspectives on Childcare, Gender and Social Support; Different Neighbourhoods, Unequal Support? Local Childcare Services and Networks of Informal Care; Listening to Mothers and Fathers, Disrupting Policy?; Conclusion: Parenthood, Gender Relations and the Care Ethic in Wales; Appendix 1: Socio-Economic Profile of the Three Neighbourhoods. and Appendix 2: The Sample of Mothers and FathersAppendix 3: Caring for Children Interview Themes; Appendix 4: The Sample of Policy Officers; Appendix 5: Policy Officers' Interview Themes; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.
Summary
This book presents original ethnographic research into the connections between childcare, family lives and social policy in Wales.
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ISBN
9780708325520 (electronic bk.)
0708325521 (electronic bk.)
9780708325513 (Paper)
0708325513 (Paper)
9781299201590 (MyiLibrary)
1299201598 (MyiLibrary)
9781783163014
1783163011
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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