An equal start?

In this book, leading experts examine how early education and care is organised and funded in eight different countries. Bringing together recent evidence, the book provides rich insights on how policies work in practice, and the extent to which they help or hinder the provision of high quality education and care.

About the author

Ludovica Gambaro was at the time of writing Research Officer at the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) and is now Research Officer at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education, University of London.
Kitty Stewart is Associate Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Research Associate at CASE.
Jane Waldfogel is Compton Foundation Centennial Professor at Columbia University School of Social Work, USA, and Visiting Professor at CASE, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Summary

In this book, leading experts examine how early education and care is organised and funded in eight different countries. Bringing together recent evidence, the book provides rich insights on how policies work in practice, and the extent to which they help or hinder the provision of high quality education and care.

Product details

• Authors: Ludovica Gambaro
• Assisted by: Ludovica Gambaro (Editor), Ludovica (Institute of Education Gambaro (Editor), Kitty Stewart (Editor), Kitty (London School of Economics and Political Science) Stewart (Editor), Jane Waldfogel (Editor), Jane (School of Social Work Waldfogel (Editor)
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.01.2014
• EAN: 9781447310518
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-1051-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 575 g
• Series: Case Studies on Poverty, Place; Case Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories