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Forging the Frontiers Between State, Church, and Family: Religious Cleavages and the Origins of Early Childhood Education and Care Policies in France, Sweden, and Germany

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European states differ tremendously in the extent to which their national education systems administer preschool programs, and whether or not these services can serve as day care for working parents. This article traces contemporary policy differences in three countries—France, Sweden, and Germany—to the effects of nineteenth-century conflicts between religious and secular forces over education. Intense, clerical-anticlerical conflict in France led to the incorporation of preschools into the national education system. In Sweden and Germany, the more accommodating relationship between church and state assured that no such incorporation took place. These decisions had lasting consequences for the nature and extensiveness of child care services for preschool-aged children.

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  • Kimberly J. Morgan, 2002. "Forging the Frontiers Between State, Church, and Family: Religious Cleavages and the Origins of Early Childhood Education and Care Policies in France, Sweden, and Germany," Politics & Society, , vol. 30(1), pages 113-148, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:polsoc:v:30:y:2002:i:1:p:113-148
    DOI: 10.1177/0032329202030001005
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    1. Fagnani, Jeanne, 2012. "Recent reforms in childcare and family policies in France and Germany: What was at stake?," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 34(3), pages 509-516.
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    3. Jeanne Fagnani, 2005. "Family Policy in France: Old Challenges, New Tensions," ifo DICE Report, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 3(2), pages 40-44, 07.
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    5. Manow, Philip, 2004. "The good, the bad, and the ugly: Esping-Andersen's regime typology and the religious roots of the Western welfare state," MPIfG Working Paper 04/3, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
    6. Lewis, Jane & West, Anne, 2017. "“Learning from Others”: English proposals for early years’ education and care reform and policy transfer from France and the Netherlands, 2010-2015," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 84036, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

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