| Description |
xvii, 280 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. ; cased. |
| Note(s) |
Proceedings of the third international conference held by the Centre for the Social Study of Childhood at the University of Hull in 2002. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note / Price |
76.39 |
| Note(s) |
CW120 |
| Contents |
[PART 1 Children in theory and history] Introduction: the politics of childhood - an overview / Allison James and Adrian James -- Interpreting children's needs: contested assumptions in the provision of welfare / Nigel Thomas -- The politics of modern childhood: American socialisation and the crisis of individualism / Jim Block -- The "shame of America": African-American civil rights and the politics of childhood / Rebecca de Schweinitz. |
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[PART 2 Children, money and work] Child labour and children's rights: policy issues in three affluent societies / Wiebina Heesterman -- Entertaining guests or entertaining the guests: children's emotional labour in hotels, pubs and boarding houses / Julie Seymour -- Growing up in poverty while living in an affluent society: personal experiences and coping strategies of Dutch poor children / Tamara van der Hoek. |
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[PART 3 Children at school] Mobilising family solidarity? rights, responsibilities and secondary schooling in urban Mexico / Maribel Blasco -- "Gypsy children can't learn": Roma in the Hungarian education system / Annabel Tremlett -- The invisible child in education law / Ann Blair. |
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[PART 4 Children, power and decision-making] Placing children on the political agenda: New Zealand's agenda for children / Maree Brown and Jaleh McCormack -- The representation of children in the media: aspects of agency and literacy / Máire Messenger Davies and Nick Mosdell -- Family law and the construction of childhood in England and Wales / Sally McNamee, Adrian James and Allison James -- Meeting the challenge? voicing children and young people in mental health research / Vicki Coppock -- Future directions for the study of childhood / Jim Goddard. |
| Note(s) |
CW008 |
| Subject(s) |
Children -- Social conditions -- Congresses.
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Children -- Government policy -- Congresses.
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Children's rights -- Congresses.
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Child welfare -- Congresses.
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Education -- Congresses.
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| Alt Author |
Goddard, Jim, 1963-
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McNamee, Sally.
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James, Adrian.
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James, Allison.
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| ISBN |
1403935513 (cloth) |
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