Written and edited by leading practitioners and researchers in early childhood, this new edition of Gillian Pugh and Bernadette Duffy"s highly regarded book provides a critical examination of key issues in the field. The Fifth Edition of this best-selling book includes fully updated coverage of policy and research, practice, and workforce issues, as well as four brand new chapters on children’s centers, health services in the early years, leading and working in multi-agency teams, and quality in early childhood education.