Open AccessElection Year Politics, 2005, and the “Nanny State”
Author(s) -
Helen May
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
new zealand annual review of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1178-3311
pISSN - 1171-3283
DOI - 10.26686/nzaroe.v0i15.1504
Subject(s) - politics , state (computer science) , context (archaeology) , plan (archaeology) , government (linguistics) , political science , public administration , state government , public relations , sociology , local government , law , history , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , algorithm
This article provides an overview of the progress towards implementing the government’s Early Childhood Strategic Plan 2002-2012 in the context of the election politics of 2005. This highlighted social and economic divides in which the so-called “nanny state” offered some differing solutions for the care and education of its youngest children.