International Handbook of Child Care Policies and Programs

MONCRIEFF COCHRAN is Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Cornell University. He has extensive international experience as a child day-care consultant and researcher, and his numerous publications have appeared in a variety of scholarly journals. He is the author of Extending Families: The Social Network of Parents and Their Children.

• Introduction by Moncrieff Cochran Australia by Deborah Brennan Brazil by Fulvia Rosemberg Canada by Alan R. Pence China by Wei Zhengao Colombia by Marta Arango Commonwealth of Independent States by Yekaterina V. Foteyeva Denmark by Ole Langsted and Dion Sommer Finland by Merja-Maaria Turunen and Eeva Huttunen France by Josette Combes Germany by Rudolf Pettinger Hungary by MAria Nemenyi India by Sukhdeep Gill Israel by Abraham Sagi and Nina Koren-Karie Italy by Rebecca S. New Japan by Edith Lassegard, with Teiichi Sekiguchi Kenya by Lea I. Kipkorir Mexico by Kathryn Tobert, Elizabeth Shrader, Doroteo Mendoza, Guadalupe Chapela, Aurora Rabago, and Robert Klein Nicaragua by Annabel Torres Norway by Ingerid Bo Peru by Jeanine Anderson Philippines by Luz G. Palattao-Corpus Poland by Ewa Korczak South Africa by Mildred Mkhulisi and Moncrieff Cochran Sweden by Lars Gunnarsson United Kingdom by Bronwen Cohen United States of America by Polly Spedding Venezuela by Josefina Fierro de Ascanio, Maria Rosa Frias de Orantes, and Ileana Recagno-Puente Vietnam by Tran Thi Trong, Pham Mai Chi, and Dao Van Phu Zimbabwe by Rosely N.E. Chada Crosscutting Themes by Moncrieff Cochran Appendix 1: Vital Statistics and Other Demographic Data Appendix 2: Maternity and Parental Leave Policies Bibliography Index