TY  - BOOK
AU  - Penn,Helen
TI  - Unequal childhoods: young children's lives in poor countries 
T2  - Contesting early childhood series
SN  - 0415321018
AV  - HQ792.2 .P46 2005
U1  - 305.23091724 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Children
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - International cooperation
KW  - Child welfare
KW  - Child development
KW  - Child
KW  - Cross-Cultural Comparison
KW  - Early Intervention (Education)
KW  - Socioeconomic Factors
N1  - Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada; Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-208) and index; 1; Global inequalities --; 2; Interpreting poverty --; 3; Understanding early childhood --; 4; Lending a helping hand --; 5; Kazakhstan --; 6; Swaziland --; 7; India; Pawan K. Gupta --; 8; Childhood and social inequality in Brazil; Fulvia Rosemberg --; 9; The ethics of intervention
N2  - "Early childhood in rich countries is a time when children are protected, and their playfulness and curiosity is encouraged. However, this perception co-exists with toleration of political and economic conditions that grossly undermine or even prematurely end the lives of millions of young children in poor countries." "Four case studies illustrate the diversity and complexity of the responses to the attempts to globalize childhood, and highlight the need to address the inequalities of childhood experience. Unequal Childhoods will be invaluable to anyone on early childhood courses with an international focus or studying childhood in an international context."--BOOK JACKET
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