Reviewed by Jennie Lindon, psychologist and early years consultant
It is important that early years professionals of all backgrounds have a grasp of current policy and legislation. These authors have aimed to describe the broad framework of policy and primary legislation. They have usefully worked to show how policy tends to be developed and who is likely to influence the details. There is a sense of the arguments and weighing of different interests that lie behind the emergence of a finished document or law.
The detailed case study of the proposals in Every Child Matters offers a helpful example to ground the wealth of detail. The chapters that follow could well help readers to reflect on what happens to real children and families as the result of policies.
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