Description: Childhood in a Global Perspective, Hardcover by Wells, Karen, ISBN 1509541705, ISBN-13 9781509541706, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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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Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Childhood in a Global Perspective
Publisher: Polity Press
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2021
Subject: Children's Studies, Sociology / General
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Karen Wells
Subject Area: Social Science
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
