Research Catalog

Title

The decommodification of early childhood education and care : resisting neoliberalism / edited by Michel Vandenbroeck, Joanne Lehrer, and Linda Mitchell.

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
• ©2023

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Details

Additional Authors

• Vandenbroeck, Michel
• Lehrer, Joanne
• Mitchell, Linda (Linda Mary)

Description

xiv, 259 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

"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"--

Series Statement

Contesting early childhood

Uniform Title

Contesting early childhood

Subject

• Early childhood education > Economic aspects
• Privatization in education
• Capitalism and education
• Commodification

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-253) and index.

Contents

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.

ISBN

• 9781032110301
• 1032110309
• 9781032110295
• 1032110295
• 9781003218104 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2022036925

OCLC

• on1338831745
• SCSB-14433856

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library