TY - JOUR
T1 - ABC of a Tragedy
T2 - Governance, the Rule of Law and the Failed Implementation of Early Childhood Education in Mexico
AU - Fenwick, Tracy Beck
AU - Ochoa, Rolando
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Association of Iberian and Latin American Studies of Australasia (AILASA).
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Mid-2000s Latin America witnessed serious policy discussions regarding the modes, delivery methods and goals of early childhood education and care (ECEC). Mexico implemented programs to provide access to ECEC to working mothers and young families. However, behind policy discourse lie very real security concerns for service users. This has been highlighted by incidents such as the 2009 death of 45 children at a daycare, an event which would severely undermine policy development. Using a governance framework, we argue that security concerns trumped other issues for users, including infrastructure and curriculum, and derailed the implementation of ECEC policies. We use an original database of 2005–2013 news reports on ECEC for two Mexican national newspapers to establish the narrative for that period. We argue that until governance and rule of law concerns are addressed, no amount of discourse and policy design will be able to succeed in this vital area.
AB - Mid-2000s Latin America witnessed serious policy discussions regarding the modes, delivery methods and goals of early childhood education and care (ECEC). Mexico implemented programs to provide access to ECEC to working mothers and young families. However, behind policy discourse lie very real security concerns for service users. This has been highlighted by incidents such as the 2009 death of 45 children at a daycare, an event which would severely undermine policy development. Using a governance framework, we argue that security concerns trumped other issues for users, including infrastructure and curriculum, and derailed the implementation of ECEC policies. We use an original database of 2005–2013 news reports on ECEC for two Mexican national newspapers to establish the narrative for that period. We argue that until governance and rule of law concerns are addressed, no amount of discourse and policy design will be able to succeed in this vital area.
KW - ABC Daycare
KW - Mexico
KW - early childhood education
KW - governance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85153495689&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13260219.2023.2201011
DO - 10.1080/13260219.2023.2201011
M3 - Article
SN - 1326-0219
VL - 29
SP - 15
EP - 32
JO - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research
JF - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research
IS - 1
ER -