UID:
almahu_9949435677202882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9781003218104
,
1003218105
,
9781000828443
,
1000828441
,
1000828514
,
9781000828511
Series Statement:
Contesting early childhood
Content:
"The Decommodification of Early Childhood Education and Care: Resisting Neoliberalism explores how processes of marketisation and privatisation of ECEC have impacted understandings of children, childcare, parents, and the workforce, providing concrete examples of resistance to commodification from diverse contexts. Through processes of marketisation and privatisation, neoliberal discourses have turned ECEC into a commodity whereby economic principles of competition and choice have replaced the purpose of education. The Decommodification of Early Childhood Education and Care: Resisting Neoliberalism offers new and alternative understandings of policy and practice. Written with co-authors from diverse countries, case studies vividly portray resistance to children as human capital, to the 'consumentality' of parents, and to the alienation of the early childhood workforce. Ending with messages of hope, the authors discuss the demise of neoliberalism and offer new ways forward. As an international book with global messages contributing to theory, policy, and practice regarding alternatives to a neoliberal and commodified vision of ECEC, this book offers inspiration for policy makers and practitioners to develop local resistance solutions. It will also be of interest to post-graduate students, researchers, educators, and pre-service educators with an interest in critical pedagogy, ECEC policy, and ECEC practice"--
Note:
Introduction : from the politically impossible to the politically inevitable -- On commodification and decommodification -- Resisting children as human capital -- Resisting the consumentality of parents -- Resisting the alienation of the workforce -- Conclusions.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Decommodification of early childhood education and care Abingdon, Oxon ; New Yorkn N.Y. : Routledge, 2023 ISBN 9781032110301
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781003218104
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003218104
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