Promoting high quality early childhood education and care services: Beyond risk management, performative constructions of regulation

Journal of Early Childhood Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-283

  Fenech, Marianne ^a   Sumsion, Jennifer ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Childcare policy; Long day care; Quality care; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349111202     PISSN: 1476718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476718X07080472     Document Type: Article

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