In most European countries, the way collective action is conducted is evolving. The role of the state has been redesigned and the participation of a diversity of stakeholders, from the public and the private (for-profit and non-profit) sectors, has been encouraged. These changes are at the core of Welfare State reforms and concern many social fields, such as care services in general and childcare services in particular.
The present article analyses the changes in childcare services provision and regulation, with a focus on the interactions between public, non-profit and for-profit players and on the differentiated forms of governance generated by these evolutions.
