{"product_id":"who-cares-for-our-children-valerie-polakow-9780807747742","title":"Who Cares for Our Children?: The Child Care Crisis in the Other America","description":"\u003cp\u003eLack of access to affordable high-quality child care is frequently the tipping point that catapults a family into poverty, joblessness, and homelessness--a constant threat to the well-being of women and children. Polakow spent a year traveling around the country listening to low-income women from diverse backgrounds tell their stories of struggle, resilience, distress, and occasional success as they encountered ongoing child care crises. The resulting work is both a compelling account of the lived realities of the child care crisis, and an incisive critique of public policy that points to the United States as an outlier in the international community. Drawing on historical and international perspectives, Polakow creates a groundbreaking analysis of child care as a human right, persuasively arguing for a universal child care system. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the provocative issues the book addresses are: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Child care as a private or public responsibility\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e The segregated history of child care \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Poor children and the child care nightmare\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Working-poor mothers and their deficit of choices\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \"Woman-friendly\" policies in international context\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Recommendations for universal child care\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Child Care as a human right\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Valerie Polakow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807747742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807747742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Teachers College Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.20w x 0.65d","brand":"Valerie Polakow","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44190576705791,"sku":"9780807747742","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec60d3cf-76ce-4aa5-89a9-4237841be421.jpg?v=1690871271","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/who-cares-for-our-children-valerie-polakow-9780807747742","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}