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Current Child Care Policy in its Social Context

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2024

Lois Bryson
Lois Bryson*
Affiliation:
Department of Community Welfare Services
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Child care policy must always relate to the wider social context, indeed it will inevitably do so as we are all affected by broader changes in the social structure and changes in ideology. Nonetheless, rates of change in various areas are not always synchronous. Today, I want to look at some broader changes in society and point to some of their implications for child care policy.

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Research Article
Information
Children Australia , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , Spring/Summer 1983 , pp. 16 - 17
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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