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Childhood in a global perspective /

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This compelling new book offers a unique global perspective on children's lives throughout the world. It shows how the notion of childhood is being radically re-shaped, in part as a consequence of globalization. Taking an engaging historical and comparative approach, the book discusses wide-ran...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wells, Karen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Children.
Child development.
Children > Social conditions.
Children > Research.
Child development > Research.
Table of Contents:
  • Childhood in a global perspective
  • Policy and practice
  • Race, class and gender
  • Children and families
  • School and work
  • Children and politics
  • Children and youth at war
  • Rescuing children and children's rights.