Childcare Provision in Neoliberal Times
The Marketization of Care
1st Edition
Published on 30. March 2022
190 pages
978-1-5292-0654-8 (ISBN)
Description
In the absence of public provision, many governments rely on the market to meet childcare demand. But who are the actors shaping this market? What work do they do to marketize care? And what does it mean for how childcare is provided?
Based on an innovative theoretical framework and an in-depth study of the New Zealand childcare market, Gallagher examines the problematic growth of private, for-profit childcare. Opening the 'black box' of childcare markets to closer scrutiny, this book brings to light the complex political, social and economic dynamics behind childcare provisioning.
Based on an innovative theoretical framework and an in-depth study of the New Zealand childcare market, Gallagher examines the problematic growth of private, for-profit childcare. Opening the 'black box' of childcare markets to closer scrutiny, this book brings to light the complex political, social and economic dynamics behind childcare provisioning.
Reviews / Votes
"Childcare Provision in Neoliberal Times is an important book because it does not take current norms of neoliberal childcare markets for granted but investigates their formation. As a result, it shows how states play a fundamental role in shaping childcare markets." Contemporary SociologyMore details
Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
7 boxes, 3 s/w Tabellen
7 boxes; 3 Tables, black and white
File size
0,90 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-5292-0654-8 (9781529206548)
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Person
Aisling Gallagher is Senior Lecturer in Geography at Massey University, New Zealand. Her research focuses broadly on the geographies of care, welfare and social reproduction in neoliberal contexts, with a special interest in the marketisation of childcare.
Content
1. Childcare as a Market for Collective Concern
2. Childcare Markets as an Object of Study
3. State-Led Marketization: The Creation of the New Zealand Childcare Market
4. Private Providers, Childcare Labour and the Problem of Finance
5. The Childcare Property Investment Market
6. Childcare Management Software and Data Infrastructures in the Market
7. Conclusion
8. Epilogue: Market Responses to COVID-19
2. Childcare Markets as an Object of Study
3. State-Led Marketization: The Creation of the New Zealand Childcare Market
4. Private Providers, Childcare Labour and the Problem of Finance
5. The Childcare Property Investment Market
6. Childcare Management Software and Data Infrastructures in the Market
7. Conclusion
8. Epilogue: Market Responses to COVID-19
