Rationalising Public Support for Private Early Childhood Education and Care: The Case of Finland

Autor/inn/en	Ruutiainen, Ville; Alasuutari, Maarit; Karila, Kirsti
Titel	Rationalising Public Support for Private Early Childhood Education and Care: The Case of Finland
Quelle	In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 41 (2020) 1, S.32-47 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ruutiainen, Ville) ORCID (Alasuutari, Maarit) ORCID (Karila, Kirsti)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-5692
DOI	10.1080/01425692.2019.1665497
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Public Support; Private Education; Early Childhood Education; Private Sector; Commercialization; School Choice; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Öffentliche Förderung; Öffentliche Trägerschaft; Privatunterricht; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Privater Sektor; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Finnland
Abstract	In Finland, early childhood education and care (ECEC) is traditionally publicly provided. However, private ECEC provision has increased during the past decade, largely as a result of financial support from the public sector. Drawing on qualitative interviews with municipal decision-makers, this article identifies three frames within which publicly subsidised private ECEC provision and marketisation are rationalised: the pragmatic frame, the government frame and the choice frame. The results show that even though market logics and tendencies seem to have gained a strong foothold in local policies, there is a keen interest in universalism and maintaining public control over local ECEC provision. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01