Privatization of Early Childhood Education and Care in Nordic CountriesThis book explores the increasing role of private providers in early childhood education and care (ECEC) as they become a core part of the Nordic welfare model’one that once rejected for-profit involvement in public welfare. Within this context, ECEC has become the key battleground over private providers’ role in the welfare system. Chapters compare five Nordic countries: Iceland, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, to discuss possible benefits from having different types of providers’public, nonprofit, and for-profit’in the welfare mix. To conclude, the authors also provide a comparative perspective on governance of the ECEC sector and on the development and functions of the Nordic welfare model. ISBN: 9783031373527, 3031373529
