Childhood, Families and Society

Social, Cultural and Policy Issues
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-4473-5047-7
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm

In this socio-cultural study Chambers interrogates the contrasting interpretations of childhood: the idea of childhood agency versus the romantic ideal of children as innocent with a right to be childlike.
A rare examination of both family and childhood studies, the text argues for the ‘right’ balance between parents, children, the state and other agencies in the raising of children across different countries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chambers, Deborah

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogik: Sachbuch, Ratgeber

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: childhood studies: Approaches and perspectives;
Part 1: Changing family life;
Parenting;
School;
Home and public space;
Part 2: Changing childhoods;
Children and consumer culture;
Children and digital media;
The privatisation of childhood;
Part 3: Global shifts (title TBC);
Migration and child refugees;
Child labour;
Children outside families;
Part 4: Conclusion;
Children’s rights, agency and citizenship;
Changes in policy on childhood and families.

Über Autor(innen)

Deborah Chambers is Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at Newcastle University.