Contents Preface
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Childcare in Belgium
1
First childcare initiatives: industrialisation and moral welfare
2
The post war consensus in social welfare
4
The impact of developmental psychology
4
The growth of globalisation
6
Neo-liberalism across the world
7
Neo-liberalism in Belgium
9
Autonomy and negotiation as educational norms
11
Conclusion: A global and a local perspective
14
The quality debate
16
Reconceptualising quality
18
References
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