Childhood / / Michael Wyness
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| Autore: |
Wyness Michael G.
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| Titolo: |
Childhood / / Michael Wyness
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Polity, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 649.1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Children |
| 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; Key Concepts Series; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1: Conceptualizing Agency; Conceptualizing agency; The multi-disciplinary nature of children's agency; Children's conceptions of agency; Conclusion; Notes; 2: The Recognition and Distribution of Children's Agency; Children's agency and the crisis of childhood; Family, state and children's agency; Family and agency; The social distribution of agency; Conclusion; Notes; 3: Childhood, Globalization and Global Standards; Globalization and the impact on children; Political dimension |
| Childhood as a global standard Deficit models of childhood and participation; Conclusion; Notes; 4: Childhoods: Diversity and Hybridity; Participation and diversity; Child carers in sub-Saharan Africa; Diversity, hybridity and identity; Conclusion; Notes; 5: Childhood and Generation; Children and ontology; Categorical approaches; Age and generation; Generation as relational and interdependent; Conclusion; Notes; 6: Childhood, Well being and Multi-Disciplinarity; Childhood as a multi-disciplinary field; Children's well being; Multi-disciplinary work: policy and practice; Conclusion; Notes | |
| Conclusion: Relocating Children and Childhood The re-framing of agency; Children as a global constituency; Childhood studies; References; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | What is childhood? In recent years, a cluster of critical and complex ideas have emerged around the nature of biological, social and psychological growth in the early years, reflecting the changing nature of adult - child relations, and political and cultural understandings of childhood in the twenty-first century.In this clear and concise book, Michael Wyness offers fresh insights into the current state of play within childhood studies. Drawing on work from a number of disciplines including sociology, geography and history, he discusses the contested terrain of theoretical and research advance |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Childhood |
| ISBN: | 0-7456-8947-7 |
| 9780745689470 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910157455903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Key concepts (Polity Press)