New release! The Policies of Childcare and Early Childhood Education (Edward Elgar, 2020)

This timely book reveals how policies of childcare and early childhood education influence children’s circumstances and the daily lives of families with children. Examining how these policies are approached, it focuses particularly on the issues and pitfalls related to equal access.

The Policies of Childcare and Early Childhood Education: Does Equal Access Matter?

Edited by Katja Repo, Director of Tampere Centre for Childhood, Youth and Family Research (PERLA), Tampere University, Maarit Alasuutari, Professor, University of Jyväskylä, Kirsti Karila, Professor, Tampere University and Johanna Lammi-Taskula, Research Manager, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland