Section I. Introduction Chapter 1. Social and policy innovation in early childhood education and care: A comparative perspective; Raquel Gallego, Lara Maestripieri, and Sheila González Motos Chapter 2. The role of early childhood education and care in current welfare regime transformations; Lara Maestripieri, Sheila González Motos, and Raquel Gallego Section II. Early childhood education and care: Institutionalisation and social innovations in Spain and in Barcelona Chapter 3. The institutional design of early childhood education and care in Spain and its impact on equal opportunities; David Palomera, Margarita León, Lucía Martínez-Virto, Daniel Gabaldón-Estevan, and Zyab Ibáñez Chapter 4. Institutionalising social innovation in early childhood education and care in Barcelona, Spain; Lara Maestripieri and Raquel Gallego Chapter 5. Exploring the Pathways: Family Decision-Making in Choosing Institutionalised 0-3 Education and Care in Barcelona, Spain; Enric Saurí Saula and Sheila González Motos Chapter 6.
Understanding families' motivations for choosing innovative ECEC in Barcelona, Spain: Comparing social and policy innovation; Raquel Gallego and Enric Saurí Saula Section III. Social innovation in Early Childhood Education and Care from a Comparative Perspective Chapter 7. Promises and Limits of Social Innovation in the French Childcare System; Laurent Fraisse and Francesca Petrella Chapter 8. Bottom-up cultural dynamics of social innovation in childcare for infants in Israel: A distinction mechanism and educational activism; Rakefet Sela-Sheffy, Netta Avnoon, and Revital Weil Gottshalk Chapter 9. Institutionalised social innovation: The case of Oslo, Norway; Trine Monica Myrvold and Ellen Os Chapter 10. Early Childhood Education and Care and Social Innovation in Venice, Italy: The role of regulation and resources; Maurizio Busacca, Barbara da Roit, and Pamela Pasian Chapter 11. Social innovation in early childhood education and care in England: The case of Portsmouth; Nikki Fairchild and Éva Mikuska Chapter 12. How the Japanese welfare regime incorporated Mothers' social innovations in ECEC; Kumiko Hagiwara Section IV.
Conclusions Chapter 13. Comparing ECEC and social innovation across welfare regimes: Key lessons to move towards Universalisation; Sheila González Motos, Raquel Gallego, and Lara Maestripieri.