Learning from Others”

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

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11196918
AutoresJane Lewis (0000-0002-1184-4298, London School of Economics and Political Science London United Kingdom, autor de correspondencia), Anne West (0000-0003-2932-7667, London School of Economics and Political Science London United Kingdom)
Año2018
Volumen52
Número3
Páginas677-689
Fecha de publicación2018-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Policy and Administration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0144-5596 • E-ISSN: 1467-9515
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/spol.12349
OpenAlexW2748162850
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas43

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