ERIC Number: EJ913903
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Feb
Pages: 14
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Risks for Children? Recent Developments in Early Childcare Policy in Germany
Hubenthal, Maksim; Ifland, Anna Maria
Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, v18 n1 p114-127 Feb 2011
For some years now, a "child-centred social investment strategy" has been gaining influence in the German welfare state. In this context we are witnessing a social-investive turn within the policy for children and families and a significant increase in the importance of early childcare policy. Whereas the German federal government is emphasizing that this investive turn will produce pay-offs for the society's economy, as well as for the individual child, the analysis in this article is based on recent child-oriented critiques of the social investment approach and points out major risks for children inherent in current early childcare policy in Germany. (Contains 4 notes.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Federal Government, Social Capital, Educational Policy, Public Policy, Social Change, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Economic Factors, Educational Quality
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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