Learning from Others”

English proposals for early years education and care reform and policy transfer from France and the Netherlands, 2010–15

Bibliographic Data

ID11196918
AuthorsJane Lewis (0000-0002-1184-4298, London School of Economics and Political Science London United Kingdom, corresponding author), Anne West (0000-0003-2932-7667, London School of Economics and Political Science London United Kingdom)
Year2018
Volume52
Issue3
Pages677-689
Publication date2018-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Policy and Administration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0144-5596 • E-ISSN: 1467-9515
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/spol.12349
OpenAlexW2748162850
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited43

The United Kingdom has been a laggard in developing early years education and care, but the Labour Governments of 1998–2010 increased childcare places significantly, and the Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition of 2010–15 continued to expand provision, despite its stringent austerity policy. However, the problem of securing availability, affordability, and quality persisted. The Coalition Government (very unusually) transferred policies from its Western European neighbors (the Netherlands and France) in order to address these issues. We show why differences in context made the kind of policy transfer that took place inappropriate and how this was related to the fate of the reform proposals

Austerity · Coalition government · Context (archaeology · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics · Order (exchange · Policy transfer · Political science · Politics · Finance · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies