The state role in civilising childcare: Comparing policy intentions with childcare in Brazil and Denmark

Marie Østergaard Møller; Gabriela Spanghero Lotta; Gabriela Thomazinho Clementino Sampaio; Yonatan Schvartzman; Michael Hill

doi:10.1017/ics.2023.12

The state role in civilising childcare: Comparing policy intentions with childcare in Brazil and Denmark

Marie Østergaard Møller^*, Gabriela Spanghero Lotta, Gabriela Thomazinho Clementino Sampaio, Yonatan Schvartzman, Michael Hill

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Abstract

It has become universal to claim a relationship between social cohesion and quality public childcare. The more we invest in our children, the better the return later in life. We explore how childcare is used to strengthen social life by comparing the state role in civilising childcare as described in policy and educational guidelines. At one level, we find that policy intentions are framed by the idea of using childcare to reduce
inequalities between people and social groups, and at another by the idea of civilising children to adapt to existing social structures. The analysis unfolds these two sets of intentions by showing how pedagogical ideas of child development become linked to the ways two very different states – Brazil and Denmark – formulate and organise ECEC policies as well as using childcare to bridge between people and social groups, and to
civilising children to adapt to existing social structures.

Translated title of the contribution	Statens rolle i civilisering af børnepasning: Sammenligning af progressive og konservative intentioner med børnepasning i Brasilien og Danmark
Original language	English
Journal	Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy
Volume	39
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	170-188
Number of pages	19
ISSN	1748-6831
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ics.2023.12
Publication status	Published - 2023

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childcare
civilising process
pedagogy
policy analysis
state role

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The state role in civilising childcare: Comparing policy intentions with childcare in Brazil and Denmark

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