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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450609203321

Titolo

Children, welfare and the state [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Barry Goldson, Michael Lavalette and Jim McKechnie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2002

ISBN

0-7619-7232-3

1-281-25132-1

9786611251321

1-84787-643-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GoldsonBarry

LavaletteMichael

McKechnieJim

Disciplina

338.4791

362.70941

Soggetti

Child development - Great Britain

Child welfare - Great Britain

Children - Government policy - Great Britain

Children - Legal status, laws, etc - Great Britain

Children - Services for - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-204) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Untitled; 1 Children, Welfare and the State: An Introduction; 2 The Sociology of Childhood; 3 New Sociology and Old Psychology; 4 Children's Voices and Researching Childhood; 5 Rich Children, Poor Children; 6 Children and Education: Inequalities in Our Schools; 7 Working Children; 8 Children, Class and the Threatening State; 9 Children, Crime and the State; 10 Child Abuse and Child Protection; 11 Sex Education as Regulation; 12 Children, Politics and Collective Action: School Strikes in Britain; 13 Childhood: Themes and Issues; Bibliography

Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is an accessible introduction to childhood studies complete with



reviews and critiques contemporary theories of childhood, and gives a clear introduction to key areas of child-related policies.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786245603321

Autore

Adam Robert <1948->

Titolo

The globalisation of modern architecture [[electronic resource] ] : the impact of politics, economics and social change on architecture and urban design since 1900 / / by Robert Adam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012

ISBN

1-4438-3948-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (362 p.)

Disciplina

720.103

Soggetti

Architecture and globalization

Architecture, Modern - 21st century

Architecture and society - History - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; WHERE WE ARE TODAY; PART I; A: A SHORT HISTORY OF GLOBALISATION AND ARCHITECTURE FROM 500 BCE TO 1939 CE; B: THE NEW WORLD ORDER 1945-1992: GLOBAL COMMERCE, POLITICS AND THE TRIUMPH OF MODERNISM; PART II; PART III; PART IV; CONCLUSION; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Taking the break-up of the Soviet Union and the entry of Russia, China and India into the global market as the start of a new era of globalisation, Robert Adam compares new developments in architecture and urban design with major shifts in the balance of power since 1990. Based on the principle that design unavoidably follows social change, politics and economics, this analysis casts a new light on recent architecture. Starting with the lead up to events in the 1990's, links are established ...