Convergent care regimes? Childcare arrangements in Australia, Canada, Finland and Sweden

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 419-431

  Mahon, Rianne ^a   Anttonen, Anneli ^b   Bergqvist, Christina ^c   Brennan, Deborah ^d   Hobson, Barbara ^e  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c Department of Government ^*  (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

childcare; neoliberalism; policy convergence; social investment

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CONVERGENCE; HEALTH POLICY; NEOLIBERALISM; SOCIAL POLICY;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; FINLAND; SWEDEN;

EID: 84866506413     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928712449776     Document Type: Article

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