Who Will Mind the Baby?: Geographies of Childcare and Working Mothers / Edition 1

by Kim England

Overview

One of the most significant social and economic changes of recent years has been the explosion in the number of mothers in the work place and in paid employment generally. Child care policy, provision and funding has in no way kept up with this change. Who Will Mind the Baby? explores how working mothers negotiate their responsibilities in the face of these difficulties.
The book contrasts the limited child care policies of the United States and Canada with the more advanced situation in Europe and Australia, focusing in particular on the coping strategies of working mothers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415117401
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/10/1996
Series:	Routledge International Studies of Women and Place
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kim England is Associate Professor of Geography at Scarborough College, University of Toronto

Table of Contents

List of illustrations, List of contributors, Acknowledgements, Part I Introduction, Part II Child care policy in the United States and Canada, Part III The provision of child care at the state and provincial level, Part IV The local level: journey to child care and coping strategies, Part V Child care in international perspective, Part VI Conclusion, Appendices, Notes, References, Index