Strong early childhood education and care systems for the future: A conceptual framework for thematic analyses

This paper presents a conceptual framework for thematic analyses of the behaviour of early childhood education and care (ECEC) providers as organisations in hybrid, (partly) privatised and marketised ECEC systems. The starting point is the notion of ‘strong’, or ‘resilient’, ECEC systems. A definition of ‘strong ECEC systems’ is derived from...