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Political Science Comparative Politics

Constructing Policy Change

Early Childhood Education and Care in Liberal Welfare States

by (author) Linda White

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2017
Category
Comparative Politics, General, General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781487502034
    Publish Date
    Aug 2017
    List Price
    $78.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487514464
    Publish Date
    Sep 2017
    List Price
    $66.00

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Description

In Constructing Policy Change, Linda A. White examines the expansion of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policies and programs in liberal welfare states, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA.

 

In the first part of the book, the author investigates the sources of policy ideas that triggered ECEC changes in various national contexts. This is followed by a close analysis of cross-national variation in the implementation of ECEC policy in Canada and the USA. White argues that the primary mechanisms for policy change are grounded in policy investment logics as well as cultural logics: that is, shifts in public sentiments and government beliefs about the value of ECEC policies and programs are rooted in both evidence-based arguments and in principled beliefs about the policy.

 

A rich, nuanced examination of the reasons motivating ECEC policy expansion and adoption in different countries, Constructing Policy Change is a corrective to the comparative welfare state literature that focuses on political interest alone.

About the author

Linda A. White is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto.

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Awards

  • Short-listed, 2018 CPSA Prize in Comparative Politics

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