Social innovation and welfare state retrenchment : a comparative analysis of early childhood education and care in Europe and beyond

• Other Authors: Gallego, Raquel (Editor), González Motos, Sheila (Editor), Maestripieri, Lara (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2024.
• Subjects: Welfare state > Europe.; Early childhood education > Europe.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781837539307
• DOI: 10.1108/9781837539284
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 pages)

Since the early 2000s, social innovation has become increasingly relevant in the political and research debates on welfare state transformations. Although most social innovations are citizen-led, some new institution-led initiatives have also emerged. But what are the implications of social innovati...

Table of Contents:

• Section i. Introduction
• Chapter 1. Social and policy innovation in early childhood education and care: A comparative perspective / Raquel Gallego, Lara Maestripieri, and Sheila González Motos
• Chapter 2. The role of early childhood education and care in current welfare regime transformations / Lara Maestripieri, Sheila González Motos, and Raquel Gallego
• Section ii. Early childhood education and care: Institutionalisation and social innovations in Spain and in barcelona
• Chapter 3. The institutional design of early childhood education and care in Spain and its impact on equal opportunities / David Palomera, Margarita León, Lucía Martínez-Virto, Daniel Gabaldón-Estevan, and Zyab Ibáñez
• Chapter 4. Institutionalising social innovation in early childhood education and care in barcelona, Spain / Lara Maestripieri and Raquel Gallego
• Chapter 5. Exploring the pathways: Family decision-making in choosing institutionalised 0-3 education and care in barcelona, Spain / Enric Saurí Saula and Sheila González Motos
• Chapter 6. Understanding families' motivations for choosing innovative ecec in barcelona, Spain: Comparing social and policy innovation / Raquel Gallego and Enric Saurí Saula
• Section iii. Social innovation in early childhood education and care from a comparative perspective
• Chapter 7. Promises and limits of social innovation in the French childcare system / Laurent Fraisse and Francesca Petrella
• Chapter 8. Bottom-up cultural dynamics of social innovation in childcare for infants in Israel: A distinction mechanism and educational activism / Rakefet Sela-Sheffy, Netta Avnoon, and Revital Weil Gottshalk
• Chapter 9. Institutionalised social innovation: The case of oslo, norway / Trine Monica Myrvold and Ellen Os
• Chapter 10. Early childhood education and care and social innovation in venice, Italy: The role of regulation and resources / Maurizio Busacca, Barbara da Roit, and Pamela Pasian
• Chapter 11. Social innovation in early childhood education and care in England: The case of portsmouth / Nikki Fairchild and Éva Mikuska
• Chapter 12. How the Japanese welfare regime incorporated mothers' social innovations in ecec / Kumiko Hagiwara
• Section iv. Conclusions
• Chapter 13. Comparing ecec and social innovation across welfare regimes: Key lessons to move towards universalisation / Sheila González Motos, Raquel Gallego, and Lara Maestripieri.