TY  - BOOK
AU  - Valentine,Gill
TI  - Public space and the culture of childhood
SN  - 0754642542
AV  - HQ792.G7 V35 2004
U1  - 305.230941 22
PY  - 2004///]
CY  - Aldershot, Hants, England, Burlington, VT
PB  - Ashgate
KW  - Children
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Parents
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - Children and the environment
KW  - Public spaces
KW  - Spatial behavior
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-129) and index; Ch. 1; Childhood in crisis? --; Ch. 2; Terror talk : geographies of fear --; Ch. 3; Gender and parenting cultures --; Ch. 4; 'I can handle it' : children and competence --; Ch. 5; The retreat from the street --; Ch. 6; Contested terrain : teenagers in public space --; Ch. 7; Children and the future of public space
N2  - "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
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