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Neo-Conservatism and Child Care Services in Alberta: A Case Study. Occasional Paper No. 9 by Jacqueline Hayden; University of Toronto. Childcare Resource and Research Unit is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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The development and delivery of child care services in Canada has never been without controversy. This case study examines the development of the child care system in Alberta, Canada, showing how the role of the government proceeded through four distinct phases, each determining a different outcome for child care stakeholders. Power mechanisms and covert policy making are described as mitigating against strengthening the child care system in Alberta, including failing to develop a bureaucratic infrastructure, creating tensions in the child care community, limiting resources for policy implementation, and delaying action by studying the issues. The study notes that under the tenets of neo-conservatism, the current fifth phase is redefining the child care paradigm and has resulted in the marginalization of child care. The neo-conservative principles of decreased government spending, privatization, and minimized government intervention have resulted in a radically decentralized approach to social service management that has not worked well for the child care system. Explanations that child care was developed and maintained to buttress the welfare system for needy families or to suppo

Author

Jacqueline Hayden; University of Toronto. Childcare Resource and Research Unit

Publisher

Toronto: Childcare Resource and Research Unit, Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9781896051017

Subjects

Social Science, Gender Studies, Social_sciences