This book sheds light on new research related to welfare state, child care policies, and small children''s everyday lives in institutions in Europe. In uniting recent social childhood research, welfare perspectives and historical and comparative approaches, the book explores institutionalization as a feature of the modern child''s life.

This book sheds light on new research related to welfare state, child care policies, and small children''s everyday lives in institutions in Europe. In uniting recent social childhood research, welfare perspectives and historical and comparative approaches, the book explores institutionalization as a feature of the modern child''s life.

This book sheds light on new research related to welfare state, child care policies, and small children''s everyday lives in institutions in Europe. In uniting recent social childhood research, welfare perspectives and historical and comparative approaches, the book explores institutionalization as a feature of the modern child''s life.