Childhood

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-7623-1419-5
Verlag: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Buch, Englisch, Band 25, 313 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 798 g

Reihe: Comparative Social Research

Demographic and societal changes are strongly affecting the contexts of childhood and the experience of being children. At the same time, across social groups and across societies, diversities and inequalities in childhood are taking new forms. In the developed world, in particular, children their number, their welfare, their education, the division of power and responsibilities over them among the different social actors have entered the public agenda, at the national and supranational level. Public concern over issues such as fertility rates, mothers working, early childhood education and care as well as solemn international declarations of childrens rights are examples of the ongoing politicization of childhood. Drawing both on micro and macro, national and comparative studies, this volume of Comparative Social Research traces some of the trends and analyses in comparative perspective how they affect images and practices of childhood and transforms responsibilities for children. The volume's focus is mainly on children in the developed countries, but attention is also paid to transnational diversities and to the impact of globalisation through the experiences of migrant children and of children living through the processes of modernisation in the developing world.

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- A comparative look at the experience of childhood
- Contributions from an international group of leading researchers

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leira, Arnlaug

Saraceno, Chiara

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

EDITORIAL BOARD

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

PART I POLICIES OF CHILDCARE

CHILD CARE SERVICES IN 25 EUROPEAN MEMBER STATES: THE BARCELONA TARGETS REVISITED

POLICY PACKAGES FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN IN 11 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: MULTIPLE APPROACHES

THE "MEANING" OF CHILDREN IN DUTCH AND GERMAN FAMILY POLICY

PART II CHILDREN IN AN AGEING SOCIETY

CHANGES IN CHILDREN¡¦S AGE AND GENERATION MOSAICS: CHALLENGES TO RESEARCH AND POLICY

GRANDCHILDHOOD IN GERMANY AND ITALY. AN EXPLORATION

CHILDREN¡¦S WELFARE IN AGEING EUROPE ¡V GENERATIONS APART?

PART III DIVERSITIES OF CHILDHOOD

FIRST BORN IN AMSTERDAM: THE CHANGING MOTHER-CHILD SETTING

CHANGING CHILDHOODS: MIGRANT CHILDREN AND THE CONFRONTATION OF UNCERTAINTY

DIVERSE CHILDHOODS ¡V IMPLICATIONS FOR CHILD CARE, PROTECTION, PARTICIPATION AND RESEARCH PRACTICE

CHILDHOOD: A HOMOGENEOUS GENERATIONAL GROUP?

STREET YOUTH¡¦S LIFE COURSE TRANSITIONS

PART IV CHANGING DISCOURSES ON CHILDHOOD

CHILDREN, NEW SOCIAL RISKS AND POLICY CHANGE. A LEGO§ FUTURE?

INVESTING IN CHILDREN AND CHILDHOOD: A NEW WELFARE POLICY PARADIGM AND ITS IMPLICATIONS