Childhoods at the Intersection of the Local and the Global [electronic resource] /
Imoh, Afua Twum-Danso.editor.
Ame, Robert.editor.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I; 1 The Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Product and Facilitator of a Global Childhood; 2 Universalizing Early Childhood: History, Forms and Logics; 3 Early Child Development Policy: The Colonization of the World's Childrearing Practices?; 4 The Rhetoric and Realities of Early Childhood Programmes Promoted by the World Bank; 5 The Construction of the Child in Ghanaian Welfare Policy; Part II
6 'This Is How We Do It Here': The Persistence of the Physical Punishment of Children in Ghana in the Face of Globalizing Ideals7 Making Gender and Generation: Between the Local and the Global in Africa; 8 Caught up in between Change and Continuity: Challenging Contemporary Childhood in Saudi Arabia; 9 The Rites of the Child: Global Discourses of Youth and Reintegrating Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone; Conclusion; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Social policy.
Poverty.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Children, Youth and Family Policy.
Development Aid.
Human Rights.
Cultural Studies.