ISBN:
0745684971
,
9780745684970
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (576 Seiten)
Edition:
Second edition
Parallel Title:
Print version Childhood in a Global Perspective
DDC:
305.23
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The second edition of this compelling and popular book offers aunique global perspective on children’s lives throughout theworld. It shows how the notion of childhood is being radicallyre-shaped, in part as a consequence of globalization. Taking an engaging historical and comparative approach, the bookexplores social issues such as how children are constituted asraced, classed and gendered subjects; how children’sinvolvement in war is connected to the globalization of capitalismand organized crime; and how school and work operate as sites forthe governing of childhood. The book discusses wide-ranging topicsincluding children’s rights, the family, children and war,child labour and young people’s activism around the globe. Inaddition to updated literature throughout, the revised editionincludes new chapters on migration and trafficking, and the role ofplay. The book will continue to be of great value to students andscholars in the fields of sociology, geography, social policy anddevelopment studies. It will also be a valuable companion topractitioners of international development and social work, as wellas to anyone interested in childhood in the contemporary world. Karen Wells is Senior Lecturer International Childhood Studies and Development Studies at Birkbeck, University of London.
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; 1 Childhood in a Global Context; Introduction; Is there a global form of childhood?; Governing childhood internationally; The organization of the book; Recommended further reading; 2 Policy and Practice; Introduction; Rescuing children: the history of child-saving; Children's rights: participation or protection?; Responding to images of children; Summary; Recommended further reading; 3 Gender, Race and Class; Introduction; Gender; Race and racism in the United States; Racial classification, racial identification and mixed-parentage children
Description / Table of Contents:
The intersections of class, race, gender and ageSummary; Recommended further reading; 4 Children and Families; Introduction; The governance of the family; Children in public; Summary; Recommended further reading; 5 School and Work; Introduction; Education and globalization; Working children; The impact of schools: schools as a moral technology; Summary; Recommended further reading; 6 Play in a Global Context; Introduction; Autonomous childhood cultures?; The toy industry: from local to global; Digital play; Summary; Recommended further reading; 7 Children and Politics; Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
Young political activists: children or youth?School as a site of political mobilization; Political mobilization and generational conflict; Young moral guardians; Summary; Recommended further reading; 8 Children and Youth at War; Introduction; Contemporary war; Child soldiers; Summary; Recommended further reading; 9 Children and Migration; Introduction; Social reproduction; Independent child and youth migration; Changing patterns of migration; Summary; Recommended further reading; 10 Rescuing Children and Children's Rights; Introduction; What is social reproduction?; Rescuing children
Description / Table of Contents:
The rights of cultures and the rights of childrenConclusion; Recommended further reading; References; Index; End User License Agreement
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 450-520
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