ISSN:
1467-8292
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Economics
Notes:
In many European countries, institutional childcare has developed as a field shaped by both statutory and associative agency, the German system being emblematic for this. In Germany, a considerable proportion of childcare services are provided by nonprofit organizations under public regulation. Departing from a historical overview, the article elaborates on the mixed economy of welfare in that system and sheds light on recent transformations of the existing public-private partnership. It is argued that with a range of cultural and civil-society-related evolutions, the system is going to adopt elements of a market regulation that are prone to change the rules of games within the partnership as such.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8292.2003.00238.x