Local Childhoods, Global Issues

ISBN-13: 9781447305835 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 312 str.

Heather Montgomery

Opis

Although the current plight of children in many parts of the world can leave us with a grim outlook on the future, there are still many positive indicators of a better future for all. "Local Childhoods, Global Issues" is an interdisciplinary textbook that examines children s lives across the world, exploring the great differences and similarities between childhood experiences across different cultural contexts.
The contributors consider the problems caused by poverty, social inequality, ill health, and violence, but they emphasize that these are challenges for children everywhere not just those in the poorer countries of the world. They look at how children use their own resources and coping strategies and the sense of agency that results, arguing that in fact very few children are passive victims helplessly awaiting rescue. The contributors prominently feature interviews that highlight the direct perspectives of children themselves."

Spis treści

Interventions and Ideologies ~ Heather Montgomery; Children, poverty and social inequality ~ Heather Montgomery; Achieving health for children ~ Catherine Panter-Brick; Children and violence ~ Heather Montgomery; Resilience and well being ~ Samantha Punch;  Research on childhood issues as social problems ~ Martyn Hammersley