This book considers deeply detrimental impacts upon young children, families, settings and the workforce. Through an exploration of possibilities for resistance and refusal, and reflection on the significance of the coronavirus pandemic, the authors provide hope that neoliberalism's current hegemony can be successfully contested.

Guy Roberts-Holmes is Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK. His previous books include The Datafication of Primary and Early Years Education (Bradbury and Roberts-Holmes, 2017, Routledge).

Peter Moss is Emeritus Professor of Early Childhood Provision at UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK. He co-edited the 'Contesting Early Childhood' series for its first ten years; his last book for the series was Alternative Narratives in Early Childhood Education (2018, Routledge).

1. Neoliberalism's Moment 2. Neoliberalism and the Wider World of Education 3. Neoliberalism and Markets 4. Neoliberalism and its Imaginary 5. Neoliberalism and Governance 6. Resistance, Crises and Transformation A Pandemic Postscript