The Politics of Australian Child Care: Philanthropy to Feminism and Beyond / Edition 2

by Deborah Brennan

Overview

This book, now in a revised edition, is a political history of child care in Australia from the 1890s to the 1990s. Once provided by philanthropic groups and available only to those deemed underprivileged, child care has now become part of the mainstream political agenda. Deborah Brennan provides an in-depth analysis of policy developments in this significant area since the Commonwealth became involved in 1972. The revised edition provides a detailed analysis of the shifts in policy under Labor as well as an up-to-date account of developments under the Howard government since 1996.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521635103
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/06/1998
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

Preface to the revised edition; Introduction: Women, the state and the politics of caring for children; 1. The kindergarten movement and urban social reform; 2. For the sake of the nation; 3. A mother's place ...?; 4. Hitching child care to the Commonwealth star; 5. Playing beneath the Sword of Damocles; 6. For love and money; 7. Child care - an industrial issue; 8. New Players, new rules; 9. Equity and Economics; 10. The market rules ... OK?

Editorial Reviews

'In her welcome new book, Deborah Brennan gives a definitive account of the politics of childcare and how children's services have developed over the past one hundred years. It is a good primer for those who want to act, a good read for the interested and a useful account of how women have worked to influence public policy.' Eva Cox, The Age

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