Privatization of Early Childhood Education and Care in Nordic Countries (Palgrave Studies in Third Sector Research)

Preface
Praise for Privatization of Early Childhood Education and Care in Nordic Countries
Contents
About the Authors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Introduction
	Introduction
	The Nordic Welfare Model
		The Share of Public, Nonprofit, and For-Profit Welfare Providers
	ECEC in the Nordic Countries
		Three Sets of Goals for ECEC
		Challenges Facing ECEC in the Nordic Countries: Demographic Changes, Accessibility, and Educational Approach
	Explaining Institutional Change
	Approaches to the Provision of Welfare Services
		The Three Actors in the Welfare Mix
		Public Provision or Privatization?
		The Welfare Sector as a Quasi-Market
		The Role of Nonprofit Providers as Part of the Welfare Mix
	The Remainder of This Book: ECEC From a Comparative Nordic Perspective
	References
Chapter 2: Shared Roots—Private Initiatives Along Two Trajectories
	Introduction
	The Dual Trajectory of the ECEC System
	Trajectory 1: Charities Establish Children’s Asylums as Protectors from the Dangers of Streets
	Trajectory 2: Philanthropic Kindergartens and For-Profit Child Residential Homes for Wealthy Families
	The Merging of the Two Trajectories
	Fostering a Nordic ECEC Model Through Kindergarten Teacher Education
	Chapter Summary
	References
Chapter 3: From the Fringes to the Heart of the Welfare State—Growth in ECEC Coverage
	Introduction
	Legislative Foundation
	Consolidation and Growth
	Full Coverage
	Chapter Summary
	References
Chapter 4: Changes in the Role of Commercial and Nonprofit ECEC Providers—Deviations from the Nordic Welfare Model?
	Introduction
	Private Growth
	Explaining the Growth of Private Actors: Framework Conditions, Financing, and Public Debates
	Chapter Summary
	References
Chapter 5: Reigning in Provider Diversity? Regulation, Steering, and Supervision
	Introduction
	Educational Promotion—The Rationale for State Steering
	National Policies Pursued in Terms of Regulation and Curriculum
	Securing Compliance—Supervision
	Soft Steering—Manuals and Evaluations
		Chapter Summary
	References
Chapter 6: Does It Matter? Quality Differences Among Public, Nonprofit, and For-Profit Providers
	Introduction
	Theoretical Underpinnings of Different Ownership and Quality
	Quality of ECEC
	International Experiences: Quality Differences Among Public, Nonprofit, and For-Profit ECEC?
	Research in the Nordic Countries on Quality Differences Among Public, Nonprofit, and For-Profit Providers
	Chapter Summary
	References
Chapter 7: Conclusions
	Introduction
	Why Private Growth in Nordic ECEC?
	How to Respond to Adverse Effects From Marketization? Nordic Attempts to Reign in Quasi-markets
	Governance Challenges in the Welfare Mix
	Why Diversity in Provision?
	A Nordic Dimension in ECEC Governance?
	References
Index