Childhood in a Global Perspective

Name: Childhood in a Global Perspective
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ISBN: 9780745684949

ISBN-10: 0745684947

ISBN-13: 9780745684949

Edition: 2nd 2015

Authors: Karen Wells

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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 discusses wide–ranging topics including children’s rights, the family, children and war,…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 12/12/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English