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This book, now in a revised edition, is a political history of child care in Australia from the 1890s to the 1990s. Once provided by philanthropic groups and available only to those deemed underprivileged, child care has now become part of the mainstream political agenda. Deborah Brennan provides an in-depth analysis of policy developments in this significant area since the Commonwealth became involved in 1972. The revised edition provides a detailed analysis of the shifts in policy under Labor as well as an up-to-date account of developments under the Howard government since 1996.
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This book, now in a revised edition, is a political history of child care in Australia from the 1890s to the 1990s. Once provided by philanthropic groups and available only to those deemed underprivileged, child care has now become part of the mainstream political agenda. Deborah Brennan provides an in-depth analysis of policy developments in this significant area since the Commonwealth became involved in 1972. The revised edition provides a detailed analysis of the shifts in policy under Labor as well as an up-to-date account of developments under the Howard government since 1996.

Table of contents:
Preface to the revised edition; Introduction: Women, the state and the politics of caring for children; 1. The kindergarten movement and urban social reform; 2. For the sake of the nation; 3. A mother's place ...?; 4. Hitching child care to the Commonwealth star; 5. Playing beneath the Sword of Damocles; 6. For love and money; 7. Child care - an industrial issue; 8. New Players, new rules; 9. Equity and Economics; 10. The market rules ... OK?

This book is a political history of child care in Australia from the 1890s to the 1990s. It analyses policy developments since 1972, when the Commonwealth became involved, and details the shifts in policy under a Labor government. This revised edition also explores the changes made since the Howard government came to power in 1996.

This revised edition is a political history of child care in Australia from the 1890s to the late 1990s.