Institutions and Discourses on Childcare for Children Under the Age of Three in a Comparative French-Czech Perspective

Hana Hašková and Radka Dudová
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Hana Hašková: The Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Radka Dudová: The Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

Sociological Research Online, 2017, vol. 22, issue 3, 120-142

Abstract: The article compares the development of policies pertaining to care for preschool children in the course of the second half of the 20th century in France and in the Czech Republic. It aims at identifying the key factors that led to the differentiation of the policies and institutions in the two countries, especially with respect to support for extra-familial care and formal care institutions (nurseries). We build on the theories of ‘new’ institutionalisms and we apply framing analysis, which allows us to understand the formation of ideas that precede policy changes. Specifically, we discuss the role of expert discourse and the framings of care for young children in the process of social policy change. We argue that expert knowledge in interaction with the political, economic, and demographic contexts and how it has been presented in public have had a fundamental impact on the formation of childcare policies and institutions in the two countries.

Keywords: childcare; discourse; expert knowledge; institutional development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/1360780417725940

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