Governing children, families, and education : restructuring the welfare state / edited by Marianne N. Bloch ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bloch, Marianne N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare.

Education.

Welfare state.

Physical Description:

viii, 348 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

A new collection of essays that address the international changes in welfare policy, this book incorporates examinations of changing patterns of regulation and reform. An international group of authors explore changes in the political, economic, and cultural systems of knowledge that relate to changing discourses of reform and governing in relation to the child, family, and education. The contributors examine the role of international donors and their emphasis on efficiency and lower social subsidies, international migration and its impact on welfare policy inclusions (and exclusions), and national policy change. While representing many different locations and traditions, contributors work within a variety of critical theoretical perspectives that critique our cultural ways of reasoning about the care and education of the child, the role and practice of the state, and the social and cultural construction of citizenship and nationhood.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1403962243

1403962251

OCLC:

52030945

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