Childhood: Changing Contexts (Comparative Social Research)

Childhood: Changing Contexts (Comparative Social Research) Arnlaug Leira Chiara Saraceno Oslo: JAI Press 2008  ISBN/ISSN: 978-0762314195  

Demographic and societal changes are strongly affecting the contexts of
childhood and the experience of being children. At the same time, across
social groups and across societies, diversities and inequalities in
childhood are taking new forms. In the developed world, in particular,
children their number, their welfare, their education, the division of
power and responsibilities over them among the different social actors
have entered the public agenda, at the national and supranational level.
Public concern over issues such as fertility rates, mothers working,
early childhood education and care as well as solemn international
declarations of children's rights are examples of the ongoing
politicization of childhood.Drawing both on micro and macro, national
and comparative studies, this volume of "Comparative Social Research"
traces some of the trends and analyzes in comparative perspective - how
they affect images and practices of childhood and transforms
responsibilities for children. The volume's focus is mainly on children
in the developed countries, but attention is also paid to transnational
diversities and to the impact of globalisation through the experiences
of migrant children and of children living through the processes of
modernization in the developing world. "Comparative Social Research" is
now available online at ScienceDirect full-text online of volumes 19
onwards.Elsevier book series on ScienceDirect gives multiple users
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series are compiled and written by the most highly regarded authors in
their fields and are selected from across the globe using Elseviers
extensive researcher network. This book presents a comparative look at
the experience of childhood. Contributions are from an international
group of leading researchers.

 

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Publisert 23. sep. 2010 10:12 - Sist endret 19. sep. 2016 14:37