Transforming childcare and listening to families : policy in Wales and beyond / by Wendy Ball.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ball, Wendy, author.

Series:

Politics and society in Wales.

Politics and Society in Wales

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child care--Great Britain.

Child care.

Child care--Government policy--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff, [Wales] : Published on behalf of the University of Wales, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents original ethnographic research into the connections between childcare, family lives and social policy in Wales.

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

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

Notes:

"Published on behalf o the University of Wales."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 25, 2015).

ISBN:

1-299-20159-8

0-7083-2552-1

OCLC:

827211419