Family Policy and the Organisation of Childcare Hierarchies of Care
This book explains and theorises the ways in which family policy instruments come to shape the routine care arrangements of young children. Drawing on interviews with close to a hundred parents from very different walks of life in urban and rural Romania,
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Family Policy and the Organisation of Childcare “This book is a wonderful exploration of the process by which families negotiate the patchworks of policies, provision and (im)possibilities that form local landscapes of child care. Borbála Kovács has provided an empirically rich and conceptually insightful study that testifies to the way in which ideas and ideals of care inspire and inform parental choice making.” —John Clarke, Professor Emeritus, Open University, UK “In this book, Borbála Kovács innovatively applies the care ideals framework to Romania, one of the least studied welfare states in Europe. With the help of 79 interviews with mothers and fathers of different ethnic and socio-economic background she guides the reader through the daily negotiations of families with small children about care arrangements within the opportunities and limitations of the changing Romanian family policy landscape. A highly recommendable read for scholars interested in welfare states, family policies and gender beyond the conventional West-centred perspective.” —Dorottya Szikra, Senior Research Fellow, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary “This innovative new book provides fascinating insights into the granular reality of life with young children and the process of parents’ decision-making about their care. The setting is today’s Romania, but the dilemmas and debates will be recognised by all. The author skilfully describes how the hierarchy of care ideals that parents have in mind combines with the policy provisions in place, and parents’ own circumstances, to result in the patchwork of practical everyday routines of young children’s care. This rich forensic investigation widens the lens beyond mothers’ employment and, by focusing instead on the moral aspect of decisions about children’s care, helps us to a better understanding of the interplay of culture, experience and policies in this most personal yet public area of everyday life.” —Fran Bennett, Senior Research and Teaching Fellow, University of Oxford, UK “This is an exciting new book that analyses how and why parents choose different types of childcare arrangements. The author provides a rich, detailed account of how parents of young children create different patterns of childcare arrangements in the context of cultural ideals of childcare, childcare policies
and intra-household negotiations. The book is an excellent piece of work that makes a distinct contribution to knowledge and thinking in the field.” —Birgit Pfau-Effinger, Professor, University of Hamburg, Germany
Borbála Kovács
Family Policy and the Organisation of Childcare Hierarchies of Care Ideals
Borbála Kovács Aarhus University Aarhus, Denmark
ISBN 978-3-319-78660-5 ISBN 978-3-319-78661-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78661-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018938314 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively li
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