A sure start? Implementing early childhood prevention programs under structural constraints

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dc.author.affiliationKÉTOhu
dc.author.mtmtid10048679
dc.author.mtmtid10059264
dc.contributor.authorKeller, Judit
dc.contributor.authorSzőke, Alexandra
dc.coverage.mtmtmtmthu
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-16T09:51:45Z
dc.date.available2020-09-16T09:51:45Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractEarly childhood prevention programs, fueled by the idea of social investment, have been the focus of policy making for a few decades in Europe and the USA. Amongst these, the Sure Start program in Hungary has evolved into a nationwide service incorporated into the child welfare system. The program aims to combat social exclusion and compensate unequal opportunities related to socio-spatial inequalities through providing assistance, developmental intervention, and social activities to families. The article examines the socio-spatial consequences of the program by bringing together an analysis of the current regulatory and financial framework and the everyday working of several Sure Start houses in different parts of the country. The analysis relies on the findings of two post-doctoral research projects (NRDIO PD 112659 and Premium PD 3300405), combining sociological and anthropological fieldwork in three settlements. The study reveals that the current institutional structure is based on structural deficiencies and institutional asymmetries characterized by the disproportionate allocation of resources and obligations for Sure Start houses. This results in large differences regarding the implementation of the program in different localities, which are largely influenced by the positionality of the settlements, as well as the resources that the maintainers of the service can draw on. The article argues that in its current form the program appears to strengthen rather than alleviate socio-spatial inequalities, as it is exactly the most disadvantaged remote rural places that lack the resources that would be needed to compensate for their multiple disadvantages.hu
dc.description.accessszabadon elérhető / Open accesshu
dc.format.extentfirstpage165hu
dc.format.extentlastpage186hu
dc.format.extentvolume5hu
dc.identifier.citationIntersections: East European Journal of Society and Politics 5:(4) pp. 165-186. (2019)hu
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.17356/ieejsp.v5i4.589hu
dc.identifier.issn2416-089Xhu
dc.identifier.mtmt-recordid31258713
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11155/2281
dc.identifier.urihttps://intersections.tk.mta.hu/index.php/intersections/article/view/589
dc.languageangolhu
dc.relation.ispartofjournalIntersections: East European Journal of Society and Politicshu
dc.relation.ispartofjournalissue4hu
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0) Nevezd meg!-Ne add el!-Ne változtasd!hu
dc.subjectSure Start programhu
dc.subjectterületi egyenlőtlenségek - Magyarországhu
dc.subjecttársadalmi egyenlőtlenségek - Magyarországhu
dc.subjectgyermekjóléthu
dc.titleA sure start? Implementing early childhood prevention programs under structural constraintshu
dc.typejournalArticlehu
dc.type.descriptionfolyóiratcikkhu
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