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Early start : preschool politics in the United States / Andrew Karch.

By: Publisher: Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: x, 274 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780472118724
  • 9780472029075 (e-book)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 372.210973 23
LOC classification:
  • LC89 .K365 2013
Contents:
Introduction: the preschool puzzle -- Early childhood policy and the American welfare state -- Historical precedents and forces for change -- A watershed episode: the comprehensive child development act -- Venue shopping, federalism, and the role of the states -- Congressional activity and the dissolving early childhood coalition -- Policy stability and political change in the 1980s -- The congressional heritage of a critical juncture -- The contemporary preschool movement in the states -- Conclusion: the future of preschool politics.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-262) and index.

Introduction: the preschool puzzle -- Early childhood policy and the American welfare state -- Historical precedents and forces for change -- A watershed episode: the comprehensive child development act -- Venue shopping, federalism, and the role of the states -- Congressional activity and the dissolving early childhood coalition -- Policy stability and political change in the 1980s -- The congressional heritage of a critical juncture -- The contemporary preschool movement in the states -- Conclusion: the future of preschool politics.

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