Childcare Provision in Neoliberal Times: The Marketization of Care

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Dedication -- Table Of Contents -- Table Of Tables And Boxes -- List Of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Childcare As A Market Of Collective Concern -- Neoliberalism And The Rise Of A Market Ethic -- Addressing New Social Problems: Making Markets Of Collective Concern -- Childcare As A Site Of Interest For Neoliberal Policy Communities -- Markets As The Answer To The Childcare Problem? -- Childcare Markets In Australia And The Uk -- State-led Marketization In Australia -- State-led Marketization In The Uk -- Approach Of The Book Chapter Overview -- 2 Childcare Markets As An Object Of Study -- Who Cares? Critiques Of Marketized Childcare And The Role Of The State -- Social Studies Of Markets -- 1. Markets Are Not Naturally Occurring, They Are 'practical Accomplishments' -- 2. Market Failures Are The Norm, Not The Exception -- 3. Markets Are A Socio-technical Assemblage Of Human And Non-human Elements -- 4. Markets Need To Mobilize Adherents -- 5. Markets Are Highly Contested Spaces -- Childcare Markets From An Ssm Perspective -- Methodology: Studying Childcare Markets Anew? -- Conclusion 3 State-led Marketization: The Creation Of The New Zealand Childcare Market -- Childcare As A Neoliberal Policy Solution In New Zealand -- Framing The Childcare Market: The Before Five Reforms -- Enrolling Actors Into The Market -- Overflowing The Before Fives -- Reframing The Market Through The Strategic Plan 2002-2012 -- Market Contestation: The 20 Hours Free Ece Payment -- Market Asymmetries And The Growth Of The Private Sector -- Conclusion -- 4 Private Providers, Childcare Labour And The Problem Of Finance -- Contesting The Value Of Childcare Labour Bigger Is Better? Childcare Market Consolidation As A Financial Strategy -- Childcare Financialization: The Case Of Evolve Education -- Borrowing From The Future: The Financial Strategies Of Small Scale Providers -- Conclusion -- 5 The Childcare Property Investment Market -- Researching A Governmental Blind Spot -- Property Investment And The Problem Of Finance -- Childcare Property: From Building To Asset -- Rentiership And The Cost Of Care -- Non-human Matters -- Conclusion -- 6 Childcare Management Software And Data Infrastructures In The Market -- Governing The Market Through Data Managing Finance Through The Software -- Data Analytics And Managing Services In 'real Time' -- Non-economic Rationales: Using The Software To Make Time For Care -- Conclusion -- 7 Conclusion -- State-led Marketization And The Fragility Of Childcare Markets -- Childcare Markets: Going Forward -- 8 Epilogue: Market Responses To Covid-19 -- References -- Index -- Back Cover Aisling Gallagher. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.