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Redefining welfare in Scotland - with or without women? [PDF]

, 2014
A significant by-product of the Scottish Independence Referendum debate was the flourishing of proposals across a range of public policy domains. From the Scottish Government’s White Paper to the propositions of Common Weal, the formal parties and their ...
Angela O’Hagan, Banaszak LA, Boyd C, Engender, Hernes HM, Mishra R, O’Hagan A, Riddoch L, Riddoch L, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Scottish Government, Scottish National Party   +11 more
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A multilevel approach to ECEC policies and intensity of formal childcare participation of young children in Europe

Children and Youth Services Review, 2021
Abstract This study explores the relationship between ECEC participation for young children (0–2-year-olds) and ECEC policies using multilevel Tobit modelling. At the micro-level, the socio-ecological model is employed to control for the individual- and family-related circumstances, using the EU-SILC data from 2014; and at the macro-level, policy ...
Ünver, Özgün, Bircan, Tuba, Nicaise, Ides   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

‘I Don't Babysit’: Stay‐at‐Home Dads' Perspectives and Experiences Within Australian Society

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Stay‐at‐home‐dads are an emerging group in Australia, impacted by societal assumptions and expectations. However, there is a scarcity of research on the perspectives and experiences of fathers assuming stay‐at‐home dad roles within Australian society.
Elyse Manie, Patricia Taylor, Hayley McKenzie, Norma Barrett   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
wiley   +1 more source

Hidden in the Labour Market: An Intersectional Latent Class Analysis of Discouraged Workers in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employs an intersectionality‐informed latent class analysis (LCA) to examine the hidden diversity of discouraged workers in Australia. Drawing on nationally representative data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, we identified six empirically distinct subgroups defined by intersecting demographic and ...
Sora Lee, Woojin Kang
wiley   +1 more source

Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
wiley   +1 more source

Blossfeld, H. P., Kulić, N., Skopek, J., Triventi, M.: Childcare, early education and social inequality: An international perspective, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017 [PDF]

Sociološki Pregled, 2018
The book provides a unique scientific contribution on the topic of early childcare education and care (ECEC) and its implication for child development and social inequality.
Azzolini Davide
doaj  

Informal and Nonstandard Employment in the United States: Implications for Low-Income Working Families [PDF]

, 2011
Outlines trends in economic activity outside tax and regulatory policies, current focus on formal employment, and policy options for improving the economic well-being of low-income workers such as expanding access to skills training and childcare ...
Demetra Smith Nightingale, Stephen A. Wandner   +1 more
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Making it explicit – Sustained shared thinking dialogue as a way to explore children's perspectives on quality in German early childhood education and care

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract To negotiate quality in early childhood education and care, we must ask from different perspectives what constitutes a good centre for children. The children themselves have only recently been identified as a resource to contribute to that discussion.
Katrin Macha, Frauke Hildebrandt, Caroline Wronski, Jan Lonnemann, Mathias Urban   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The future in a bubble: Supporting Finnish early childhood professionals working in diverse settings

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this study was to contribute to the knowledge about early childhood education and care (ECEC) personnel's perception of the support structures that are most effective in assisting them in their work with culturally and linguistically diverse children.
Alexandra C. Anton, Juli‐Anna Aerila, Elizabeth A. Steed   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source