The SAGE Handbook of Early Childhood Policy

Sage Publications Ltd

The SAGE Handbook of Early Childhood PolicyAuthor(s): Linda Miller, Claire Cameron, Carmen Dalli, Nancy Barbour\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: SAGE Publications Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781473926578, 978-1473926578\nSynopsis\nRecent authoritative evidence suggests that an estimated 200 million children under five fail to achieve their developmental potential due to factors including poor health and nutrition and the lack of stable high quality care. A significant number of the worlds children today lack the basic rights to health, development and protection.\n In light of such statistics,early childhood services for young children have expanded around the [url] SAGE Handbook of Early Childhood Policydraws critical attention to policy inEarly Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)its relationship to service provision and its impact on the lives of children and [url] perspectives of leading academics and researchers from Europe, North America, South A.