Developing child-care provision in England and Germany: problems of governance
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Both the UK and German governments have sought to expand child-care provision. There is some evidence of convergence between the two countries in respect of changes in governance as well, but we suggest that the differences remain more striking. The paper draws on national-level data and local case-studies in both countries. We comment on the nature of the expansion of child care and, briefly, on the degree of commitment to it, before exploring the operation of the mixed economy of child care in each country and the relationship between local and central government. We seek the explanation for the differences we observe in the articulation between these two key modes of governance.
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The historical and cultural roots of the UK and German welfare regimes pertain to different images of families and gender roles.
“the historical and cultural roots of the UK and German welfare regimes pertain to different images of families and gender roles.”
From Tightening early childcare choices – gender and social class inequalities among Polish mothers in Germany and the UK (2018) · cites this paper as Evers, Lewis, & Riedel (2005)
This has made a working mother and dual-career household model only recently acknowledged and somewhat promoted in Germany and effectively explains why the expansion of provisions in Germany proceeds at a slower pace.
“this has made a working mother and dual-career household model only recently acknowledged and somewhat promoted in the latter regime and effectively explains why the expansion of provisions in Germany proceeds at a slower pace (Evers et al., 2005, p. 204).”
From Tightening early childcare choices – gender and social class inequalities among Polish mothers in Germany and the UK (2018) · cites this paper as Evers et al., 2005, p. 204
Both regimes explicitly focus on expanding the provision of pluralistic forms of childcare since the 1990s.
“both regimes explicitly focus on expanding the provision of pluralistic forms of childcare since the 1990s.”
From Tightening early childcare choices – gender and social class inequalities among Polish mothers in Germany and the UK (2018) · cites this paper as Evers, Lewis, & Riedel (2005)
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- Authors
- Evers, A., Lewis, J., & Riedel, B.
- Affiliations
- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (DE)
- London School of Economics and Political Science (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Lewis, Jane
- ORCID
- Evers, Adalbert
- Venue
- Journal of European Social Policy
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2005-08
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 195-209
- ISSN
- 0958-9287 (ISSN-L)
- 1461-7269
- OpenAlex
- W2009924938
- Cited by
- 80
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 31.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of European Social Policy (publishedVersion)
- London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (acceptedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Child Welfare and Adoption
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Policies and Family
- Keywords
- childcare services, local government, central-local government relations, policy convergence, England, Germany, comparative social policy
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