Born and Raised in East Urban: A Community Study of Informal and Unregulated Child Care.

Autor/in	Zinsser, Caroline
Institution	Center for Public Advocacy Research, New York, NY.
Titel	Born and Raised in East Urban: A Community Study of Informal and Unregulated Child Care.
Quelle	(1990), (88 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Child Caregivers; Child Rearing; Community Study; Early Childhood Education; Employment Experience; Ethnic Groups; Ethnography; Family Day Care; Neighborhoods; Public Policy; Social Change; Urban Areas; Urban Environment; Work Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Kinderbetreuung; Kindererziehung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Occupational experience; Job experience; Work experience; Berufserfahrung; Ethnie; Ethnografie; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Öffentliche Ordnung; Sozialer Wandel; Urban area; Stadtregion; Stadtökologie; Arbeitsmilieu
Abstract	This ethnographic study investigated informal and unregulated child care in a white, ethnic, working class community in a Northeastern city, which is identified by the pseudonym "East Urban." The study includes stories about families of second and third generation descendants of mainly Italian immigrants who live in the close-knit communities where they were born. During 7 months of fieldwork, 50 formal interviews were completed with community representatives, parents, and caregivers; 25 were tape-recorded. Interviews were transcribed, summarized, and entered into a computerized, text-based data management system. Notes on unrecorded interviews and field observations were also entered into the system. Each section of data was indexed according to categories of content and the characteristics of the informant. The study revealed that even in this very traditional group, sole reliance on relatives and neighbors for child care is no longer realistic. Although informal and unregulated arrangements can be of good quality, the supply is no longer adequate. The study concludes that any national policy must respect the cultural settings in which people make choices about their children. Only by building policies that respect the cultural fabric of local communities can the quest for an effective national policy succeed. (RH)
Anmerkungen	Caroline Zinsser, 45 East 62nd Street, New York, NY 10021 ($5.00).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01