Screen LibraryChildhood in a global perspective /
The second edition of this compelling and popular book offers a unique perspective on children's lives throughout the world. It shows how the notion of childhood is being radically re-shaped, in part as a consequence of globalization. Taking an engaging historical and comparative approach, the...
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Polity,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Summary: |
The second edition of this compelling and popular book offers a unique perspective on children's lives throughout the world. It shows how the notion of childhood is being radically re-shaped, in part as a consequence of globalization. Taking an engaging historical and comparative approach, the book explores social issues such as how children are constituted as raced, classed and gendered subjects; how children's involvement in war is connected to the globalization of capitalism and organized crime; and how school and work operate as sites for the governing of childhood. The book discusses wi |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 267 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-252) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780745684932 (hardback : alk. paper) : 0745684939 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780745684949 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0745684947 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | HQ767 |
| CLC: | C913.5 |
| Call Number: | C913.5/W454/2nd ed. |
| Contents: | Childhood in a global perspective -- Policy and practice -- Race, class and gender -- Children and families -- School and work -- Play in a global context -- Children and politics -- Children and youth at war -- Children and migration -- Rescuing children and children's rights. |