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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784687403321

Autore

Penn Helen

Titolo

Unequal childhoods : young children's lives in poor countries / / Helen Penn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-35948-9

1-134-35949-7

1-280-17104-9

0-203-46534-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

Contesting early childhood series

Disciplina

305.23/09172/4

Soggetti

Children - Developing countries - Social conditions

Children - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-208) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Global inequalities -- Interpreting poverty -- Understanding early childhood -- Lending a helping hand -- Kazakhstan -- Swaziland -- India -- childhood and social inequality in Brazil -- The ethics of intervention.

Sommario/riassunto

While problems of childhood poverty are most widespread in developing countries, formidable inequalities exist in more prosperous countries. A major aim of the book is to address the question of unequal childhoodsand the ways in which they are