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Ideas, Coalition Magnets and Policy Change: Comparing Variation in Early Childhood Education and Care Policy Expansion across Four Latecomer Countries
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Abstract This article examines variation in early childhood education and care (ECEC) expansion in four 'latecomer' reformers: Germany, England, South Korea and Japan. Taking a comparative approach through an analysis of policy documents, it focuses on the role of ideas as coalition magnets in explaining the... view more
This article examines variation in early childhood education and care (ECEC) expansion in four 'latecomer' reformers: Germany, England, South Korea and Japan. Taking a comparative approach through an analysis of policy documents, it focuses on the role of ideas as coalition magnets in explaining the more extensive and sustained policy shifts in Germany and Korea, in contrast to the more limited and fragmented reforms in England and Japan. As the comparative literature struggles to explain variation in ECEC expansion, this focus on ideas provides a significant contribution, highlighting why ECEC reform became supported by a broad cross-class coalition in Germany and Korea but not in England or Japan. The theoretical contribution argues that coalition magnets are formed when the polysemic potential of a policy is drawn out by key actors strategically linking it to several problem definitions, which can appeal to diverse political actors and forge lasting consensus for reform.... view less
Keywords
ISSP; South Korea; Japan; Federal Republic of Germany; Great Britain; early childhood education and care; child care; infant
Classification
Sociology of the Youth, Sociology of Childhood
Elementary Education Sector
Free Keywords
ideas; International Social Survey Programme: Family and Changing Gender Roles II - ISSP 1994 (ZA2620 v1.0.0); International Social Survey Programme: Family and Changing Gender Roles III - ISSP 2002 (ZA3880 v1.1.0); International Social Survey Programme: Family and Changing Gender Roles IV - ISSP 2012 (ZA5900 v4.0.0)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 1-20
Journal
Government and Opposition: An International Journal of Comparative Politics (2022) FirstView Articles
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/gov.2022.35
ISSN
1477-7053
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed