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Local childhoods, global issues

Author : Heather Montgomery
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447305833
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Local childhoods, global issues written by Heather Montgomery and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the current plight of children in many parts of the world can leave us with a grim outlook on the future, there are still many positive indicators of a better future for all. Local Childhoods, Global Issues is an interdisciplinary textbook that examines children's lives across the world, exploring the great differences—and similarities—between childhood experiences across different cultural contexts. The contributors consider the problems caused by poverty, social inequality, ill health, and violence, but they emphasize that these are challenges for children everywhere—not just those in the poorer countries of the world. They look at how children use their own resources and coping strategies and the sense of agency that results, arguing that in fact very few children are passive victims helplessly awaiting rescue. The contributors prominently feature interviews that highlight the direct perspectives of children themselves.

Childhoods at the Intersection of the Local and the Global

Author : Afua Twum-Danso Imoh
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137283343
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)

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Download or read book Childhoods at the Intersection of the Local and the Global written by Afua Twum-Danso Imoh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Childhoods at the Intersection of the Local and the Global examines the imposition of the modern Western notion of childhood, which is now deemed as universal, on other cultures and explores how local communities react to these impositions in various ways such as manipulation, outright rejection and acceptance. The book discusses childhoods in different regions of the world and boasts a range of contributors from several academic disciplines such as Sociology, Social Work, Education, Anthropology, Criminology and Human Rights, who are experts on the regions they discuss. The book argues against the notion of a universal childhood and illustrates that different societies around the world have different notions of childhood. This book is recommended reading for students, scholars and practitioners working with children in the Global South as well as internationally.

Changing Childhoods

Author : Heather Montgomery
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Changing Childhoods written by Heather Montgomery and published by . This book was released on 2003-08-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth volume in this series on childhood studies considers the status of children and society and the significance of children's rights. It is illustrated with both cross-cultural and historical examples from across the world.

Global Childhoods

Author : Kate Cregan
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1473908388
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book Global Childhoods written by Kate Cregan and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An exciting and engagingly written book. The case studies are intriguing and the discussion of previous theories impeccable." - Dr. Heather Montgomery, The Open University "What is a child? Kate Cregan and Denise Cuthbert begin this path-breaking and compelling work with a deceptively simple question. From this seemingly straightforward formulation, they unravel, interrogate and engage with some of the most pressing issues related to children in the early 21st century... This book is an absolute must for scholars in all the fields of childhood studies." - Professor Joy Damousi, University of Melbourne Global Childhoods draws on the authors’ interdisciplinary backgrounds and original research in the fields of embodiment, theorisations of childhood, children′s policy, child placement and adoption, and family formation. The book critically demonstrates how following from the modern construction of childhood which emerged unevenly from the late eighteenth century, the twentieth century saw the emergence of the conception of the normative global child, a figure finally enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The book offers a wide-ranging critical analysis of approaches to children and childhood across the social sciences. Through stimulating case studies which include the experiences of child soldiers, orphans, forced child migrants, and children and biomedicine, Cregan and Cuthbert critically test the notion of the ‘global child’ against the lived experiences of children around the globe. Kate Cregan and Denise Cuthbert draw on and contributes to debates on children and the idea of the child in a wide range of disciplines: sociology, anthropology, education, children′s studies, cultural studies, history, psychology, law and development studies. In its historical coverage of the rise of the concepts of the child and the global child, its critical engagement with the theorisation of childhood, and its detailed case studies, the book is essential reading for the study of children and childhood.

Global Childhoods in International Perspective: Universality, Diversity and Inequalities

Author : Claudio Baraldi
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1529717302
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Global Childhoods in International Perspective: Universality, Diversity and Inequalities written by Claudio Baraldi and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2020-02-10 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Childhoods in International Perspective gathers a wide spectrum of contributors from Europe, the U.S., South Asia, South Africa and Latin America, who, attuned with present dilemmas in the area of childhood studies, discuss some key theoretical and empirical aspects of child scholarship, such as identity, child wellbeing, child mobility and migration, intergenerational relationships and child abuse. Through these expert contributions, the book explores the many ways in which the relationship between universality and particularities of childhood plays an important role in describing global childhoods. The book highlights childhood as a cross-cutting issue in global sociology with chapters on globalization and schooling in Burkina Faso, child abuse and neglect in India, identity and integration among children of African immigrants in France, social class mobility of Filipino migrant children in Italy and France, and an investigation into Kyrgyz childhoods. Ideal reading for researchers, practitioners and students interested in both childhood studies and the other areas including community research, sociology of education, social stratification, and the sociology of migration.

Global Childhoods

Author : Stuart Aitken
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317997417
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Global Childhoods written by Stuart Aitken and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This astute book initiates a broad discussion from a variety of different disciplines about how we place children nationally, globally and within development discourses. Unlike other books of its kind, it does not seek to dwell solely on the abiding complexities of local comparisons. Rather, it elaborates larger concerns about the changing nature of childhood, young people’s experiences, their citizenship and the embodiment of their political identities as they are embedded in the processes of national development and globalization. In particular, this book concentrates on three main issues: nation building and developing children, child participation and activism in the context of development, and globalization and children’s live in the context of what has been called "the end of development." These are relatively broad research perspectives that find focus in what the authors term "reproducing and developing children" as a key issue of national and global concern. They further argue that understanding children and reproduction is key to understanding globalization.

Childhood in a Global Perspective

Author : Karen Wells
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745684971
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Childhood in a Global Perspective written by Karen Wells and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-02-02 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this compelling and popular book offers a unique global 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 wide-ranging topics including children’s rights, the family, children and war, child labour and young people’s activism around the globe. In addition to updated literature throughout, the revised edition includes new chapters on migration and trafficking, and the role of play. The book will continue to be of great value to students and scholars in the fields of sociology, geography, social policy and development studies. It will also be a valuable companion to practitioners of international development and social work, as well as to anyone interested in childhood in the contemporary world.

Childhoods at the Intersection of the Local and the Global

Author : Afua Twum-Danso Imoh
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780230342323
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Childhoods at the Intersection of the Local and the Global written by Afua Twum-Danso Imoh and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Childhoods at the Intersection of the Local and the Global examines the imposition of the modern Western notion of childhood, which is now deemed as universal, on other cultures and explores how local communities react to these impositions in various ways such as manipulation, outright rejection and acceptance. The book discusses childhoods in different regions of the world and boasts a range of contributors from several academic disciplines such as Sociology, Social Work, Education, Anthropology, Criminology and Human Rights, who are experts on the regions they discuss. The book argues against the notion of a universal childhood and illustrates that different societies around the world have different notions of childhood. This book is recommended reading for students, scholars and practitioners working with children in the Global South as well as internationally.

Global Childhoods beyond the North-South Divide

Author : Afua Twum-Danso Imoh
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319955438
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Global Childhoods beyond the North-South Divide written by Afua Twum-Danso Imoh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-29 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores children’s lives across the Global North and Global South in the context of academic discussions of childhoods. The edited volume offers a unique selection of materials suitable for teaching in the areas of children, childhoods, young people, families, and education in a global context, as well as specific aspects of international development and social policy. While the focus of the project is conceptual rather than practical, the holistic understanding of childhoods that it encourages should also enable practitioners to better ensure that they are improving the lives of the children.

Local Childhoods in Global Times

Author : Susanne Garvis
Publisher : Intellect (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9781789386073
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Local Childhoods in Global Times written by Susanne Garvis and published by Intellect (UK). This book was released on 2022-10-21 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Childhood in a Global Perspective

Author : Karen Wells
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509541721
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Childhood in a Global Perspective written by Karen Wells and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-03-11 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This popular book provides a compelling introduction to thinking about childhood in rigorous and critical ways. Karen Wells offers a unique global perspective on children’s lives, showing how the notion of childhood varies widely and is continuously being radically re-shaped. Taking children seriously as active participants in society, the book explores key social issues such as how children are constituted as raced, classed and gendered subjects; how school and work operate as sites for the governing of childhood; and how children both shape and are shaped by politics, culture and the economy. Taking an engaging historical and comparative approach, the book discusses wide-ranging topics including children’s rights, the family, play, labour, migration and trafficking. In addition to updated literature throughout, this revised third edition includes extensive new material on children’s activism, politics and war, and a whole new chapter on juvenile justice. The book will continue to be of great value to students and scholars in the fields of sociology, geography, social policy and development studies. It will also be a valuable companion to practitioners whose work involves or impacts children, as well as to anyone interested in childhood in the contemporary world.

Childhood, Youth and Violence in Global Contexts

Author : K. Wells
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137322608
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Childhood, Youth and Violence in Global Contexts written by K. Wells and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-29 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together academic and practitioner points of view, this edited collection shows how violence enters into ordinary, routine practices of childhood and children's experiences. The contributing authors seek to understand how violence is enacted against children in infancy, adolescence, in school, in care, at home and on the street.

Geographies of Global Issues: Change and Threat

Author : Nicola Ansell
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9789814585538
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Geographies of Global Issues: Change and Threat written by Nicola Ansell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geographies of children and young people is a rapidly emerging sub-discipline within human geography. There is now a critical mass of established academic work, key names within academia, growing numbers of graduate students and expanding numbers of university level taught courses. There are also professional training programmes at national scales and in international contexts that work specifically with children and young people. In addition to a productive journal of Children’s Geographies, there’s a range of monographs, textbooks and edited collections focusing on children and young people published by all the major academic presses then there is a substantive body of work on younger people within human geography and active authors and researchers working within international contexts to warrant a specific Major Reference Work on children’s and young people’s geographies. The volumes and sections are structured by themes, which then reflect the broader geographical locations of the research.

Decolonizing Childhoods

Author : Liebel, Manfred
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447356411
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Decolonizing Childhoods written by Liebel, Manfred and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2020-05-06 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European colonization of other continents has had far-reaching and lasting consequences for the construction of childhoods and children’s lives throughout the world. Liebel presents critical postcolonial and decolonial thought currents along with international case studies from countries in Africa, Latin America, and former British settler colonies to examine the complex and multiple ways that children throughout the Global South continue to live with the legacy of colonialism. Building on the work of Cannella and Viruru, he explores how these children are affected by unequal power relations, paternalistic policies and violence by state and non-state actors, before showing how we can work to ensure that children’s rights are better promoted and protected, globally.

Childhoods in context

Author : Alison Clark
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447305817
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Childhoods in context written by Alison Clark and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Childhoods in Context offers a critical exploration of childhood, drawing attention to the physical and social contexts of children's lives. Through accounts of home and family, school, public spaces, and work, the contributors explore three key arguments: childhood is always located somewhere—either in a place designed for children or territories that children develop for themselves; childhood is experienced through objects, people, places, and everyday routines; and childhood and adult identities are relational—understandings of childhood are dependent on how adulthood is viewed. Raising important questions about methodological approaches to understanding childhoods in context, this book provides a framework for investigating wider questions about childhood, including the power relationships between adults and children and the influence of gender and inequality.

Understanding childhood

Author : Mary Jane Kehily
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447305809
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Understanding childhood written by Mary Jane Kehily and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nationally and globally, childhood has become a crucial topic of sociopolitical debates and policy initiatives. Understanding Childhood offers a fresh look at how childhood has changed in recent years. It reveals how children's needs and experiences have achieved a new visibility in wider social and political discourse. Despite the privileges afforded to children in the West, the typical childhood experience there is no longer seen as an ideal model for other parts of the globe. Recent reports and policy concerns suggest that growing up in the West may be marked by the commercialization of childhood, which can lead to unhappiness, poor health, loss of innocence, and a general lack of well-being. The contributors here introduce readers to the cross-disciplinary field of childhood studies and offer an exciting and unique exploration of childhood as a concept, in the process engaging with a range of contemporary issues that shape our ideas of childhood both as an ideal and as a lived experience. Exploring childhood from a variety of research perspectives and traditions, Understanding Childhood also serves as a powerful introduction to careers in childhood service.

Children and Young People’s Relationships

Author : Samantha Punch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134923813
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Children and Young People’s Relationships written by Samantha Punch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book challenges the current state of childhood studies by exploring children and young people’s agency and relationships. It considers how recent theorisations of relationships and relational processes can move childhood studies forward, particularly in relation to re-thinking claims of children and young people’s agency and uncritical assertions around children and young people’s participation and voice. It does this by bringing together case studies of children’s inter-generational and intra-generational relationships from both the Majority and Minority Worlds. The main themes include negotiated power, agency across contexts and negotiations of identity. The chapters show both the heritage of childhood studies, particularly within the UK, and where it may be going. One of the key aims of the book is to add to the limited but growing cross-world dialogue that encourages cross-cultural learning from research and practice in both Majority and Minority World contexts leading towards a more integrated global approach to childhood studies. This book was published as a special issue of Children's Geographies.