Key issues in childhood and youth studies /
Key issues in childhood and youth studies /
edited by Derek Kassem, Lisa Murphy and Elizabeth Taylor.
- London : Routledge, 2010.
- 219 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
[Part 1: Creating childhood] In the beginning? The origins of childhood / John Clarke -- The building blocks : construction of childhood / Shirley J Pressler -- A mixed life : race, racism, and mixed heritage / Derek Kassem. [Part 2: The developing child] Mind games : the psychology of the child / Diahann Gallard -- Inborn or bred : the development of speech and language / Lisa Murphy -- Coming of age : childhood sexuality / John Clarke. [Part 3: Children and risk] The nanny state? Children and the notion of risk / Andrew Kennedy -- Not seen, not heard : the child and protection / Lynne Kendal -- The parent of last resort : life as a looked-after child / Derek Kassem -- Healthy in body, healthy in? / John Harrison. [Part 4: The politics of childhood] The devil wears a hoodie : the social construction of deviant identities / John Robinson -- Up against the wall : the testing regime of childhood / Terry Wrigley -- Rightfully mine! The rights of the child / Heather Montgomery -- The have-not nots : childhood and youth poverty in the UK / Diane Grant. [Part 5: The global child] Brutalized childhoods : the Palestinian experience / Samir Qouta -- The death of childhood : childhood in the context of HIV/AIDS / Gabriella Torstensson -- To go or to starve : moving for a better life / Sam Punch.
9780415468893: £21.99 9780415468886: œ75.00 9780203864982: No price 0415468892 (pbk.)
2009021808
Child welfare.
Children.
Child development.
Child psychology.
Child Care.
Society & culture: general
Age groups: children
Age groups: adolescents
Pre-school & kindergarten
Social work
Philosophy & theory of education
/ .K455 2010
305.231
Includes bibliographical references and index.
[Part 1: Creating childhood] In the beginning? The origins of childhood / John Clarke -- The building blocks : construction of childhood / Shirley J Pressler -- A mixed life : race, racism, and mixed heritage / Derek Kassem. [Part 2: The developing child] Mind games : the psychology of the child / Diahann Gallard -- Inborn or bred : the development of speech and language / Lisa Murphy -- Coming of age : childhood sexuality / John Clarke. [Part 3: Children and risk] The nanny state? Children and the notion of risk / Andrew Kennedy -- Not seen, not heard : the child and protection / Lynne Kendal -- The parent of last resort : life as a looked-after child / Derek Kassem -- Healthy in body, healthy in? / John Harrison. [Part 4: The politics of childhood] The devil wears a hoodie : the social construction of deviant identities / John Robinson -- Up against the wall : the testing regime of childhood / Terry Wrigley -- Rightfully mine! The rights of the child / Heather Montgomery -- The have-not nots : childhood and youth poverty in the UK / Diane Grant. [Part 5: The global child] Brutalized childhoods : the Palestinian experience / Samir Qouta -- The death of childhood : childhood in the context of HIV/AIDS / Gabriella Torstensson -- To go or to starve : moving for a better life / Sam Punch.
9780415468893: £21.99 9780415468886: œ75.00 9780203864982: No price 0415468892 (pbk.)
2009021808
Child welfare.
Children.
Child development.
Child psychology.
Child Care.
Society & culture: general
Age groups: children
Age groups: adolescents
Pre-school & kindergarten
Social work
Philosophy & theory of education
/ .K455 2010
305.231