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Index

  1. ABC Learning, 34, 64, 71, 72, 74, 118, 120, 121, 124, 131, 132, 137, 144, 152, 156, 178, 188, 195, 246, 248, 249, 265, 270, 271, 277, 279, 288
  2. accountability, 211, 214, 253, 273, 279, 281
  3. accreditation, 6, 10, 21, 22, 63, 65, 66, 157–169, 171, 178, 185, 199, 200, 205, 208–210, 214, 228, 238, 250, 252, 255, 261, 278, 279, 284
  4. affordability, 7, 8, 15, 22, 24, 25, 34, 39, 69, 70, 100, 106–108, 113, 246–248, 250, 265, 272, 277, 288
  5. affordable, 7, 9, 20, 32, 33, 38, 91, 92, 101, 171, 207, 255, 259, 260, 272, 280, 284
  6. attitudes, 137, 138, 140–144, 146, 148, 234
  7. Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 138, 139, 140, 142, 146, 149, 153, 254
  1. brain, 17, 36, 117, 118, 126, 132, 192, 201, 218, 236, 247
  1. Canada, 16, 23, 74, 116, 132, 196, 223, 270
  2. capital, 3, 5, 7, 25, 28, 39, 77, 92, 93, 99, 109, 127, 128, 132, 164, 186, 197, 245, 266, 275, 276, 278, 281, 285, 286
  3. care and education, 2, 12, 15, 17, 22, 31, 60, 61, 97, 100, 192, 194, 195, 199–203, 207, 208, 211, 212–215, 235, 236, 238, 263, 272
  4. caregivers, 10, 17, 152, 203, 205, 222–226, 228–231, 234, 240
  5. caring, 7, 32, 77, 100, 225, 247, 250, 252, 263
  6. Child Care Benefit (CCB), 22, 23, 66–69, 106, 107, 141, 142, 145, 146, 148, 149, 185, 246, 251, 252, 257, 278
  7. child health, 1, 2
  8. childcare
    1. centre-based, 19, 22, 24, 25, 26, 64, 102, 143, 271, 281
    2. child focused, 9, 253
    3. corporate, 10, 70, 122, 143, 155, 156, 246
    4. family day care, 18, 20, 24, 25, 39, 44, 46, 63, 66–68, 97, 103, 106, 115, 141, 143, 183, 185, 286, 287
    5. For-profit provision of, 9, 24, 28, 63, 68, 114, 121, 127, 129, 143–155, 171, 185, 186, 223, 250, 254, 267, 270, 275
    6. funding for, 274, 279
    7. market, 26, 28, 248, 250–252, 266
    8. policy development, 2, 8, 33, 58, 60, 126, 182, 192, 247, 260
    9. quality, 10, 50, 222, 226, 230
  9. choices, 62, 76, 77, 78, 218, 250, 273, 274, 278, 282, 286
  10. citizenship, 246, 255, 260, 263
  11. commercial, 10, 25, 26, 112, 113, 114, 122, 123, 188, 189, 275–277, 279, 284, 285
  12. commodification, 10, 31, 37, 250, 269, 270, 288
  13. community, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 16, 22, 24, 25, 29, 30–33, 35, 57, 59, 63–66, 68, 72–74, 100, 101, 109, 112–117, 121–123, 12–132, 141, 143, 145, 146, 151, 154, 155, 157–169, 171, 172, 177, 178, 183, 185–188, 191, 192, 195, 196, 198, 199, 201, 206–208, 210, 212, 214–216, 223, 225, 292231– 233, 238, 241, 245, 250, 253, 254, 256, 258, 260, 261, 264, 266, 275–277, 280, 284, 286, 290
  14. community-based child care, 25, 29, 30, 31, 63, 65, 66, 68, 100, 141, 143, 154, 155, 159–169, 172, 186, 223, 231, 258
  15. consumer sovereignty, 251
  16. consumers, 10, 33, 199, 249, 250–252, 254, 257, 259, 279
  17. Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), 58, 59
  18. Convention on the Rights of the Child (CROC), 58, 59, 71–73, 193
  19. corporate chain (childcare) centres, 9, 30, 33, 65, 124, 156, 157, 161–170, 172, 279
  20. corporate provision, 5, 15, 27, 33
  21. corporate standards, 30
  22. corporatisation, 37, 64, 144, 181, 182, 188, 270, 288
  23. cortisol, 10, 137, 225–229, 234, 237, 239–241
  24. cost of care, 21, 67, 106, 247
  25. Council of Australian Governments, 3, 99, 109, 187, 258, 266
  26. credentialing, 202
  27. customer, 278
  1. demand, 1, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 25, 28, 33, 39–44, 48, 51, 63, 66, 92, 126, 155, 207, 248, 251, 259, 272, 274, 285
  2. Discrimination, 9, 58, 60, 62, 75, 84, 90, 91, 93, 125, 131
  1. early childhood education, 1–6, 8–13, 23, 34, 36, 53, 57, 60, 73, 74, 97, 99–101, 103, 106, 108–110, 181–193, 197, 203, 204, 210, 213, 214, 216, 218, 238, 241, 246, 268, 269
  2. early learning, 201, 207, 214, 235–237, 245, 253, 267, 274
  3. early years, 4, 9, 16, 36, 37, 57, 114, 117, 118, 129, 132, 191, 192, 218, 220, 226, 227, 231, 233, 240, 245, 257, 260, 264, 272
  4. enabling conditions, 260, 261
  5. equipment, 30, 154, 163, 164, 166
  6. equity, 3, 77, 91, 100, 101, 106, 113, 118, 148, 150, 214, 216, 246, 257, 260, 261, 277
  1. family - disadvantaged, 4, 9, 18, 35, 97, 99, 101–103, 105–108, 132, 201, 208, 220, 245, 246, 252, 255, 263, 282
  2. family day care, 18, 20, 24, 25, 39, 44, 46, 63, 66–68, 97, 103, 106, 115, 141, 143, 183, 185, 286, 287
  3. fees, 11, 23, 47, 49, 51, 52, 63, 68, 106, 107, 198, 255, 257, 275, 277, 280, 282, 284, 285, 286
  4. food, 30, 31, 66, 119, 154, 164–166
  5. formal care, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 62, 66, 67, 103, 104, 137, 143, 154, 184, 232, 283
  6. fragmentation, 10, 181, 183, 185, 187, 190
  7. frameworks, 6, 57, 58, 63, 108, 113, 115, 157, 182, 189, 190, 192, 197, 200, 202, 203, 208, 209, 210, 214, 234, 260, 261, 272, 282
  8. funding, 3, 7, 8, 10, 26, 48, 64, 113, 114, 115, 143, 144, 172, 185, 186–189, 192, 196, 197, 200, 213, 232, 251, 254, 256, 258, 260, 261, 272–281, 283–287
  1. gender equity, 4, 100, 101, 147– 150
  2. gender roles, 138
  3. grandparents, 18, 20, 67, 104 293
  1. hours in care, 19
  2. household taxation, 94
  3. human capital, 4, 9, 53, 92, 97, 99, 102, 263
  4. human development, 234, 237, 247, 257, 260, 264
  5. humanistic perspective, 246, 250
  1. ILO Convention 156, 59
  2. ILO Convention 165, 60
  3. independent private (childcare) centres, 30, 31, 154, 155, 160–162, 165, 167, 168, 171
  4. individual relationships, 65, 161, 162
  5. inequality, 16, 18, 27, 36, 73, 257, 282
  6. informal care, 18–20, 104, 184
  7. International Social Survey Program, 138–140
  8. investment, 4, 5, 23, 28, 53, 79, 92, 98–101, 108, 109, 111, 188, 245, 246, 258, 260, 261, 268, 285
  1. Liberal Government, 25, 272, 274, 278
  2. long day care, 5, 9, 10, 20, 21, 23–26, 29, 30, 62–68, 97, 103, 121, 122, 124, 137, 141, 143, 154–162, 169–172, 181–186, 188, 189, 207, 246, 249, 252, 254, 256, 267, 286
  1. market
    1. free market economy, 10, 249, 257
    2. free-choice, 257
    3. gendered, 251
    4. segmented, 251
  2. maternal wellbeing, 1
  1. National Association of Community Based Children’s Services, 25, 67, 73, 112–117, 127, 130, 133, 290
  2. National Childcare Accreditation Council, 21, 157, 158, 171, 178, 185, 228, 238, 252, 253, 269
  3. national responsibility, 253
  4. national system, 1, 3, 8, 9, 11, 95, 97
  5. neo-liberalism, 272
  1. occasional care, 20, 25, 63, 67, 104, 183, 185
  2. OECD, 1, 12, 17, 21–23, 29, 35, 36, 57, 60, 61, 73, 74, 76, 77, 91, 94, 97, 110, 177, 181, 182, 187, 190, 191, 193, 197, 202, 218, 225
  1. parental leave, 1, 3, 7, 12, 40, 43, 45, 52, 126, 190
  2. parents, 1, 3, 4, 6–10, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 26–29, 33, 38, 40–49, 51, 53, 58, 60, 62, 64, 67, 68, 76, 79, 89, 92, 98, 100, 101, 103–107, 113, 114, 116–119, 123, 125–127, 143, 147, 150, 152, 155, 158, 163, 164, 172, 184, 189, 190, 195, 210, 214, 223, 225, 231–234, 240, 246, 249–255, 257–259, 263, 273–276, 278, 280–282, 284, 285, 287
  3. pedagogical discourse, 261
  4. planning, 4, 8, 15, 21, 59, 63, 64, 66, 101, 116, 131, 144, 187, 189, 195, 203, 237, 260, 275, 277
  5. policy, 2, 3, 8, 10, 11, 15, 17, 25, 32, 33, 35, 36, 40, 54, 57–63, 69, 71–73, 75, 76, 86, 87, 91, 93, 98, 99–101, 106–110, 112–119, 121, 122, 124–130, 132, 137, 143, 147, 152, 169, 170, 177, 181–183, 185, 186, 188–193, 195–197, 199, 207, 213, 216, 246, 247, 260, 263, 266, 267, 268, 270–274, 276, 280, 282, 283, 288, 289 294
  6. policy principles, 3, 8, 11
  7. policy recommendations, 170
  8. preschool, 10, 16–20, 31, 35, 40, 42–45, 47, 49–52, 101, 103, 105, 107, 110, 115, 138–140, 147, 152, 155, 183, 184–186, 192, 193, 197, 200, 203, 207, 208, 218, 235, 248, 251, 268, 270, 287
  9. private ‘for-profit’ care, 9, 24, 28, 63, 68, 114, 121, 127, 129, 143, 144, 155, 171, 185, 186, 223, 250, 254, 267, 270, 275
  10. Productivity Commission, 21
  11. professional judgement, 209, 253
  12. professional registration, 210, 255, 258
  13. professional skills, 209, 212
  14. professional standards, 200, 205, 208, 209, 210, 212, 214
  15. programming, 92, 154, 203, 210
  16. public investment, 4, 10, 150, 181, 182, 189
  1. qualifications, 5, 6, 32, 65, 119, 157, 160, 169, 203–207, 211, 213, 235, 254, 255, 256, 257, 277, 285
  2. quality, 1–11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 26, 27, 29, 30–33, 35, 37–39, 47–49, 52, 59, 63, 65, 66, 70, 74, 91, 92, 97, 99, 101, 102, 105, 106, 108, 110, 112–114, 116–119, 121–124, 129, 154, 157–172, 178, 181, 182, 184, 185, 188–191, 195–202, 205, 207–210, 213, 214, 216–218, 220–232, 235–241, 247, 248, 250, 252–260, 266, 267, 269–272, 274, 276, 277–280, 285
  3. quality assurance, 32, 198, 271, 278
  4. quality of care, 9, 21, 27, 29, 30–32, 39, 154, 157–161, 167, 168, 170, 172, 274, 280
  1. rebate, 21, 22, 23, 36, 64, 68, 101, 107, 251, 277, 284, 285
  2. registration, 10, 21, 199, 200, 205, 208–212, 214
  3. regulation, 6, 10, 30, 65, 74, 101, 185, 186, 199, 200, 205, 214, 238, 248, 250, 252–255, 263, 268
  4. regulations, 6, 21, 65, 119, 123, 159, 169, 188, 202, 221, 222, 236, 253, 279
  5. relationships, 6, 21, 30, 65, 102, 105, 119, 138, 154, 161, 162, 178, 192, 209, 222, 224, 229, 233–245, 251, 253–255, 261, 263, 269, 271, 279, 281
  6. risks, 38, 92, 102, 272, 273
  1. Sex Discrimination Act, 58
  2. social capital, 11, 117, 127–129, 132, 245, 247, 260, 263, 279
  3. Social Democratic Party, 39
  4. social networks, 7, 33, 128, 279
  5. social responsibility, 121, 260, 263, 264
  6. social risk, 246, 264
  7. staff, 5, 6, 9, 10, 21, 22, 29–33, 48–50, 52, 65, 66, 119–121, 123, 124, 154, 157–171, 182, 186, 188, 189, 200, 202, 204–208, 213, 222, 223, 228–233, 236, 240, 248, 253–257, 259–261, 263, 277, 280, 281, 284–286
  8. staff turnover, 30, 169, 223, 231
  9. staff-to-child ratios, 5, 6, 21, 154, 166, 167, 169, 171, 188
  10. standards, 5, 6, 10, 15, 21, 22, 31, 60, 63, 65, 73, 76–78, 82, 119, 120, 123, 144, 196, 199, 207, 208, 209, 210–213, 215, 230, 231, 241, 252, 258, 260, 261, 263, 280, 284
  11. stress, 117, 161, 225–227, 229–231, 234, 236–238, 240, 241
  12. subsidised care, 107, 113, 255, 259 295
  13. subsidy, 23, 26, 28, 31, 63, 67, 106, 107, 185, 274, 275, 280, 284, 285, 287
  14. supply, 8, 15, 16, 24–26, 28, 38–40, 43, 47, 76, 77–80, 91, 92–94, 100, 101, 171, 189, 251, 272, 273, 278, 285
  15. Sweden, 38–40, 45, 46, 52, 54, 55, 60, 92, 195, 290
  16. Swedish welfare model, 38, 39, 51
  1. tax and welfare policy, 9
  2. teacher quality, 208, 216, 218
  3. trust, 127–129, 251, 279
  1. United Nations, 58, 59, 72, 193
  2. values, 62, 73, 116, 183, 194, 199, 209, 210, 212, 220, 223, 224, 227, 231, 259, 271
  1. vouchers, 278
  1. wages, 6, 23, 31–33, 75, 79, 80, 90, 94, 224, 225, 275
  2. Work and Family Policy Roundtable, 2
  3. workforce planning, 6
  4. working mothers, 9, 39, 54, 55, 137, 138, 143

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