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The politics of childhood : international perspectives, contemporary developments / edited by Jim Goddard [and others].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005Description: xvii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1403935513
  • 9781403935519
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.23 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ767.82 .P65 2005
Contents:
Pt. 1. Children in theory and history -- 1. Introduction : the politics of childhood - an overview / Allison James and Adrian James -- 2. Interpreting children's needs : contested assumptions in the provision of welfare / Nigel Thomas -- 3. The politics of modern childhood : American socialisation and the crisis of individualism / Jim Block -- 4. The 'shame of America' : African-American civil rights and the politics of childhood / Rebecca de Schweinitz -- Pt. 2. Children, money and work -- 5. Child labour and children's rights : policy issues in three affluent societies / Wiebina Heesterman -- 6. Entertaining guests or entertaining the guests : children's emotional labour in hotels, pubs and boarding houses / Julie Seymour -- 7. Growing up in poverty while living in an affluent society : personal experiences and coping strategies of Dutch poor children / Tamara van der Hoek -- Pt. 3. Children at school -- 8. Mobilising family solidarity? : rights, responsibilities and secondary schooling in urban Mexico / Maribel Blasco -- 9. 'Gypsy children can't learn' : Roma in the Hungarian education system / Annabel Tremlett -- 10. The invisible child in education law / Ann Blair -- Pt. 4. Children, power and decision-making -- 11. Placing children on the political agenda : New Zealand's agenda for children / Maree Brown and Jaleh McCormack -- 12. The representation of children in the media : aspects of agency and literacy / Maire Messenger Davies and Nick Mosdell -- 13. Family law and the construction of childhood in England and Wales / Sally McNamee, Adrian James and Allison James -- 14. Meeting the challenge? : voicing children and young people in mental health research / Vicki Coppock -- 15. Future directions for the study of childhood / Jim Goddard.
Review: "This book analyses the nature and experience of childhoods around the world at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Wide-ranging developments concerning children in the fields of social policy, sociology and politics have spurred significant growth in the social study of childhood. The book, which is primarily designed for students, academics and practitioners who need to keep up with fast-moving contemporary developments, considers childhood from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. It is centred around contemporary research and informed theoretical discussion. Despite ranging widely, in terms of both geography and subject matter, the book integrates its discussion by focusing on major themes in the lives of children, such as work, education and participation in decision-making."--BOOK JACKET.
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Proceedings of the third international conference held by the Centre for the Social Study of Childhood at the University of Hull in 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Children in theory and history -- 1. Introduction : the politics of childhood - an overview / Allison James and Adrian James -- 2. Interpreting children's needs : contested assumptions in the provision of welfare / Nigel Thomas -- 3. The politics of modern childhood : American socialisation and the crisis of individualism / Jim Block -- 4. The 'shame of America' : African-American civil rights and the politics of childhood / Rebecca de Schweinitz -- Pt. 2. Children, money and work -- 5. Child labour and children's rights : policy issues in three affluent societies / Wiebina Heesterman -- 6. Entertaining guests or entertaining the guests : children's emotional labour in hotels, pubs and boarding houses / Julie Seymour -- 7. Growing up in poverty while living in an affluent society : personal experiences and coping strategies of Dutch poor children / Tamara van der Hoek -- Pt. 3. Children at school -- 8. Mobilising family solidarity? : rights, responsibilities and secondary schooling in urban Mexico / Maribel Blasco -- 9. 'Gypsy children can't learn' : Roma in the Hungarian education system / Annabel Tremlett -- 10. The invisible child in education law / Ann Blair -- Pt. 4. Children, power and decision-making -- 11. Placing children on the political agenda : New Zealand's agenda for children / Maree Brown and Jaleh McCormack -- 12. The representation of children in the media : aspects of agency and literacy / Maire Messenger Davies and Nick Mosdell -- 13. Family law and the construction of childhood in England and Wales / Sally McNamee, Adrian James and Allison James -- 14. Meeting the challenge? : voicing children and young people in mental health research / Vicki Coppock -- 15. Future directions for the study of childhood / Jim Goddard.

"This book analyses the nature and experience of childhoods around the world at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Wide-ranging developments concerning children in the fields of social policy, sociology and politics have spurred significant growth in the social study of childhood. The book, which is primarily designed for students, academics and practitioners who need to keep up with fast-moving contemporary developments, considers childhood from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. It is centred around contemporary research and informed theoretical discussion. Despite ranging widely, in terms of both geography and subject matter, the book integrates its discussion by focusing on major themes in the lives of children, such as work, education and participation in decision-making."--BOOK JACKET.

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