Childhood in a global perspective / / Karen Wells

• Autore: Wells Karen C.
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Polity, , 2015; ©2015
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (576 pages)
• Disciplina: 305.23
• Soggetto topico: Children; Child development; Children - Social conditions
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; 1 Childhood in a Global Context; Introduction; Is there a global form of childhood?; Governing childhood internationally; The organization of the book; Recommended further reading; 2 Policy and Practice; Introduction; Rescuing children: the history of child-saving; Children's rights: participation or protection?; Responding to images of children; Summary; Recommended further reading; 3 Gender, Race and Class; Introduction; Gender; Race and racism in the United States; Racial classification, racial identification and mixed-parentage children ; The intersections of class, race, gender and ageSummary; Recommended further reading; 4 Children and Families; Introduction; The governance of the family; Children in public; Summary; Recommended further reading; 5 School and Work; Introduction; Education and globalization; Working children; The impact of schools: schools as a moral technology; Summary; Recommended further reading; 6 Play in a Global Context; Introduction; Autonomous childhood cultures?; The toy industry: from local to global; Digital play; Summary; Recommended further reading; 7 Children and Politics; Introduction ; Young political activists: children or youth?School as a site of political mobilization; Political mobilization and generational conflict; Young moral guardians; Summary; Recommended further reading; 8 Children and Youth at War; Introduction; Contemporary war; Child soldiers; Summary; Recommended further reading; 9 Children and Migration; Introduction; Social reproduction; Independent child and youth migration; Changing patterns of migration; Summary; Recommended further reading; 10 Rescuing Children and Children's Rights; Introduction; What is social reproduction?; Rescuing children ; The rights of cultures and the rights of childrenConclusion; Recommended further reading; References; Index; End User License Agreement
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 discu
• Titolo autorizzato: Childhood in a global perspective
• ISBN: 0-7456-8497-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910159028303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II