TY - BOOK AU - Ball,Wendy TI - Transforming Childcare and Listening to Families: Policy in Wales and Beyond T2 - Politics and Society in Wales SN - 9780708325520 AV - HV751 .T736 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Cardiff PB - University of Wales Press KW - Child welfare KW - England KW - Government policy KW - Family services KW - Great Britain KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Tables; Series Editors' Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; Shaping Childcare Policy in the United Kingdom; Devolution, Gender and Childcare: A Distinctive Policy Agenda in Wales?; Mothers' Perspectives on Childcare, Gender and Social Support; Different Neighbourhoods, Unequal Support? Local Childcare Services and Networks of Informal Care; Listening to Mothers and Fathers, Disrupting Policy?; Conclusion: Parenthood, Gender Relations and the Care Ethic in Wales; Appendix 1: Socio-Economic Profile of the Three Neighbourhoods; Appendix 2: The Sample of Mothers and FathersAppendix 3: Caring for Children Interview Themes; Appendix 4: The Sample of Policy Officers; Appendix 5: Policy Officers' Interview Themes; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index; 2; b N2 - This book presents original ethnographic research into the connections between childcare, family lives and social policy in Wales UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=544646&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -