Childhood in a global perspective
By: Karen Wells
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780745638362; 9780745638379
Description: This compelling new 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 discusses wide-ranging issues such as children and war, child labour and young people's activism around the globe.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-209) and index.
Table of contents: title: Childhood in a global context; title: Policy and practice; title: Race, class and gender; title: Children and families; title: School and work; title: Children and politics; title: Children and youth at war; title: Rescuing children and children's rights.