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Index 271
background 128;
designing new system 135–45;
funding for 138, 259(n78);
and government intervention 128–32;
government support for 144;
and information failures 138–9;
modes of government intervention 132–5;
and staff training 258(n58);
terminology 128;
vs protective custody 137,
see also child care
Early Childhood Environments Rating Scale (ECERS) 134
education, limited voucher scheme for 13–14;
post secondary vouchers 4–5;
primary/secondary school vouchers 3–4;
university reforms 4–5,
see also early childhood education;
post-secondary education;
primary/secondary education
Education Act (Germany, 1870) 10
Eisinger, W.A. 43, 54
employment see labour market training
European Union (EU) 66–8
Family Day Care rating Scale (FDCRS) 134, 135
Family Practitioner Committees (FPCs) (UK) 108
Farm Bill (US, 2002) 46
Finland, child care in 135
Food Stamp Act (US, 1977) 46
Food Stamp Program (FSP):
advantages/disadvantages of in-kind schemes 48;
background 41–2;
and cash transfers 48–50;
and cashing-out 51, 56–7;
as catering to producers/retail grocers 43;
and cost-shifting 56;
critical perspective on original objectives 43–4;
critics of 42–3;
delivery systems 47–52;
design challenges 52–7;
distribution costs 48, 49, 242(30);
and economic stability 43, 44–5;
and equitable distribution of resources 43, 44;
and flexibility 48–9;
and food inadequacy 52, 243(n53);
history of 45–7;
humanitarian justification for 43–4;
in-kind provision 47–8;
and income support payments 48–9;
and information problems 53–4;
mandate of contemporary 42–3;