Formal Caring Alternatives: Kindergartens and Day-Care Centers

A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 245-260

  Ben Ari, Eyal ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Care taking; Day care centers; Formal caring alternatives; Kindergartens; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889292743     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996966.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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