A New Deal for Children?: Re-forming Education and Care in England, Scotland and Sweden

A NEW DEAL FOR CHILDREN?......Page 2
Contents......Page 4
Acknowledgements......Page 5
List of abbreviations......Page 6
Glossary of terms......Page 8
1. Introduction......Page 16
The reforms......Page 17
The research......Page 23
Conducting cross-national research......Page 24
The rest of the book......Page 27
2. Contexts......Page 30
The people and the economy......Page 31
Welfare regimes......Page 39
Government......Page 44
Understandings......Page 48
Observations......Page 55
3. England......Page 60
The background to reform: services and change prior to 1997......Page 64
The background to reform: post-1997 policy developments......Page 69
The reform process......Page 77
The extent of integration at the national level......Page 79
Integration at the local level......Page 91
Relations with other services......Page 94
Observations......Page 96
4. Scotland......Page 102
The background to reform: services and change before 1997......Page 107
The process of reform......Page 112
Changes following the re-establishment of the Scottish Parliament......Page 116
The extent of integration at the national level......Page 125
Relations with other services......Page 140
Observations......Page 142
5. Sweden......Page 148
Terms......Page 152
Background to reform: services and change prior to 1996......Page 154
The process of reform......Page 166
Relations with other services......Page 183
Concerns about the reforms......Page 186
Observations......Page 188
The nature and extent of integration: structures......Page 194
The extent and nature of integration: principles......Page 200
Relations with other services and policies for children......Page 201
What’s going on?......Page 203
Highlighting the difference......Page 210
7. Endnotes......Page 214
References......Page 226
England......Page 240
Sweden......Page 241
Scotland......Page 242
Index......Page 244