Deborah Brennan
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9781447312673
- eISBN:
- 9781447312703
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447312673.003.0009
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
Examines the shift in Australia from a non-profit childcare sector to one that is heavily marketised. It considers the impact of this shift on the broader social purposes of childcare and the ...
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Examines the shift in Australia from a non-profit childcare sector to one that is heavily marketised. It considers the impact of this shift on the broader social purposes of childcare and the tensions between official claims of social investment versus the reality of system that is driven by private investment and profit. It looks at the nature of early care and educational provision, the level of expenditure and trends in maternal labour force participation. The chapter goes on to examine the shift from community based childcare provision to the development of stock market listed childcare providers, tracing the growth of ABC Learning. Finally it examines the efforts of Labor Governments to implement a human capital framework for ECEC through the regulation of quality standards.Less
Examines the shift in Australia from a non-profit childcare sector to one that is heavily marketised. It considers the impact of this shift on the broader social purposes of childcare and the tensions between official claims of social investment versus the reality of system that is driven by private investment and profit. It looks at the nature of early care and educational provision, the level of expenditure and trends in maternal labour force participation. The chapter goes on to examine the shift from community based childcare provision to the development of stock market listed childcare providers, tracing the growth of ABC Learning. Finally it examines the efforts of Labor Governments to implement a human capital framework for ECEC through the regulation of quality standards.
