Advanced Search
Print - Close Window
www.praeger.com/catalog/CIB%2f.aspx
All Greenwood Products
International Handbook of Child Care Policies and Programs
(Click to Enlarge)
Book Code: CIB/
ISBN: 0-313-26866-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-26866-3
712 pages, figures, tables
Greenwood Press
Publication: 4/30/1993
List Price: $201.95 (UK Sterling Price: £115.00)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Reviews:
  • Written by scholars in the field from around the world, this handbook presents a wealth of information on child care policies and programs in major areas of the world. Recommended.

    Reference Book Review
Description: This reference offers a comprehensive overview of public policies and programs related to child care in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Oceania, Europe, and North America. Individual chapters profile policies and programs in 29 countries. Each chapter contains a description of existing policies and programs, presented against a particular historical, cultural, and ideological backdrop. The chapters are arranged in alphabetical order to facilitate use as a reference, and each includes a list of works for further reading. The volume begins with an introductory essay that overviews recent trends and developments around the world. The chapters that follow discuss the background and history of child care, demographic characteristics of the country profiled, the socioeconomic context of child care, and the extent and nature of government intervention. A final chapter synthesizes the information presented and makes crossnational comparisons of policies and programs. Appendices provide demographic data and describe maternity and parental leave policies. A general bibliography concludes the work, making it a useful and current reference tool.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction by Moncrieff Cochran
  • Australia by Deborah Brennan
  • Brazil by Fulvia Rosemberg
  • Canada by Alan R. Pence
  • China by Wei Zhengao
  • Colombia by Marta Arango
  • Commonwealth of Independent States by Yekaterina V. Foteyeva
  • Denmark by Ole Langsted and Dion Sommer
  • Finland by Merja-Maaria Turunen and Eeva Huttunen
  • France by Josette Combes
  • Germany by Rudolf Pettinger
  • Hungary by Mária Neményi
  • India by Sukhdeep Gill
  • Israel by Abraham Sagi and Nina Koren-Karie
  • Italy by Rebecca S. New
  • Japan by Edith Lassegard, with Teiichi Sekiguchi
  • Kenya by Lea I. Kipkorir
  • Mexico by Kathryn Tobert, Elizabeth Shrader, Doroteo Mendoza, Guadalupe Chapela, Aurora Rabago, and Robert Klein
  • Nicaragua by Annabel Torres
  • Norway by Ingerid Bo
  • Peru by Jeanine Anderson
  • Philippines by Luz G. Palattao-Corpus
  • Poland by Ewa Korczak
  • South Africa by Mildred Mkhulisi and Moncrieff Cochran
  • Sweden by Lars Gunnarsson
  • United Kingdom by Bronwen Cohen
  • United States of America by Polly Spedding
  • Venezuela by Josefina Fierro de Ascanio, Maria Rosa Frias de Orantes, and Ileana Recagno-Puente
  • Vietnam by Tran Thi Trong, Pham Mai Chi, and Dao Van Phu
  • Zimbabwe by Rosely N.E. Chada
  • Crosscutting Themes by Moncrieff Cochran
  • Appendix 1: Vital Statistics and Other Demographic Data
  • Appendix 2: Maternity and Parental Leave Policies
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 92-25746
LCC Class: HQ778
Dewey Class: 362.7
All rights reserved. Copyright © 1999-2009 Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
88 Post Road West, Westport CT 06881, (203) 226-3571