CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy

In this book, leading experts examine how early education and care is organized and funded in eight different countries. Bringing together recent evidence, the book provides rich insights on how policies work in practice, and the extent to which they help or hinder the provision of high quality education and care.

Based on a unique longitudinal study, this timely book examines the initiatives introduced to help families and the impacts on them, their future prospects and the implications for policy.

This book presents a lively challenge to the existing thinking on community development, and proposes ways forward for community building.