Valentine, Gill,  1965- <br/><br/>
Public space and the culture of childhood / 
 Childhood 
Gill Valentine. 
 - vii, 133 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-129) and index. 
<br/><br/> Childhood in crisis? --  Terror talk : geographies of fear --  Gender and parenting cultures --  'I can handle it' : children and competence --  The retreat from the street --  Contested terrain : teenagers in public space --  Children and the future of public space.  Ch. 1.  Ch. 2.  Ch. 3.  Ch. 4.  Ch. 5.  Ch. 6.  Ch. 7. 
<br/><br/> "Children are at the heart of popular and public debates in North America and Europe about the culture of public space. On the one hand there is increased anxiety about children's vulnerability to stranger danger on the other there is a rising tide of fear about out of control and dangerous youth. This book addresses both these debates about children's role in public space, setting them within an academic framework and drawing on a range of interdisciplinary work on childhood, young people and parenting. It is therefore relevant to practitioners, and policy makers concerned with the nature and future of public space, and to academics researching or teaching about childhood, family or public space in the disciplines of sociology, social policy and geography."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0754642542 9780754642541 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004047615 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Children--Social conditions--Great Britain<br/>Children--Public opinion.--Great Britain<br/>Parents--Attitudes--Great Britain<br/>Children and the environment--Great Britain<br/>Public spaces--Great Britain<br/>Spatial behavior--Great Britain<br/>Children--Great Britain<br/>Public spaces--Social aspects--Great Britain
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ792.G7  / V35 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.230941