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Zusatztext "This is a very strong collection of essays by some of the top scholars in the field of European social policy! including both historians and social scientists. The individual chapters are richly detailed! well written! and informative! documenting a wide range of thinking and practices about children! families! and states over more than two centuries. " · Sonya Michel! University of Maryland "[A] very useful collection. The editors have taken an inclusive approach to Europe: chapters cover not only the large countries such as France! Germany! or Britain but also many smaller nations like Switzerland! the Czech Republic! or Hungary. Each of the national case studies provides a concise and well-organized account of historical background and present-day contours of educational time policy. " · Ann Taylor Allen! University of Louisville Informationen zum Autor Cristina Allemann-Ghionda is Professor of Comparative Education at the University of Cologne. Karen Hagemann is James G. Kenan Distinguished Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Konrad H. Jarausch is Lurcy Professor of European Civilization at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Klappentext Due to the demand for flexible working hours and employees who are available around the clock, the time patterns of childcare and schooling have increasingly become a political issue. Comparing the development of different "time policies" of half-day and all-day provisions in a variety of Eastern and Western European countries since the end of World War II, this innovative volume brings together internationally known experts from the fields of comparative education, history, and the social and political sciences, and makes a significant contribution to this new interdisciplinary field of comparative study. Zusammenfassung Due to the demand for flexible working hours and employees who are available around the clock, the time patterns of childcare and schooling have increasingly become a political issue. The book compares the development of different time policiesA" of half-day and all-day provisions in a variety of Eastern and Western European countries... Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables, Figures, and Illustrations Preface Cristina Allemann-Ghionda, Karen Hagemann, and Konrad H. Jarausch Part I: Introduction: Time Policy - A New Approach for the Comparative Analysis of Childcare and Education Chapter 1. Children, Families, and States: Time Policies of Childcare and Schooling in a Comparative Historical Perspective Karen Hagemann, Konrad H. Jarausch, and Cristina Allemann-Ghionda Chapter 2. The Politics of Time: Comparing and Explaining Current Work-Family Policies - Theoretical and Methodological Reflections Kimberly J. Morgan Part II: Background and Context: Family Policies in Comparison Chapter 3. Family Law and Gender Equality: Comparing Family Policies in Postwar Western Europe Ute Gerhard Chapter 4. From Equality to Difference? Comparing Gendered Family Policies in Post-1945 Eastern Europe Jacqueline Heinen Chapter 5. Family Policies and Birth Rates: Childbearing, Female Work, and the Time Policy of Early Childhood Education in Postwar Europe Livia Sz. Oláh Part III: Case Studies: Time Policies of Childcare, Preschool and Primary Education in Europe A. All-Day Childcare and Education Systems in Western Europe Chapter 6. The Best Interest of the Child: Early Childhood Education in Norway and Sweden since 1945 Tora Korsvold Chapter 7. The Scandinavian Model: The Time Policy of Primary Education in Twentieth-Century Sweden Lisbeth Lunda...
