Description: Childhood in a Global Perspective, Hardcover by Wells, Karen, ISBN 1509541705, ISBN-13 9781509541706, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK This book introduces topics related to children and childhood in a global context, showing how concepts of childhood shape children's lives and vice versa. It describes how a model that constructs healthy childhood as one that orients children towards independence rather than interdependence and towards school-based rather than work-based learning is being globalized through international instruments and global capitalism. It examines the relationship between this model of childhood, the circumstances of children's lives, and local conceptions of childhood and children’s competencies, capacities, and vulnerabilities, focusing on how global flows and international structures impact childhood in the areas of family, work, school, and play; how children interact with the state; and the strategies children and families use to make life possible. It also discusses the role of the state, philanthropists, and nongovernmental organizations in reshaping childhood in the shift from child-saving to child rights, as well as aspects of race, gender, class, and migration. This revised edition has new material on children's activism, politics, and war, and a new chapter on juvenile justice. Annotation ©2021 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Childhood in a Global Perspective
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Publication Name: Childhood in a Global Perspective
Language: English
Publisher: Polity Press
Item Height: 236 mm
Publication Year: 2021
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 564 g
Subject Area: Developmental Psychology
Author: Karen Wells
Item Width: 160 mm
Format: Hardcover
