Contributors to this volume begins from the assumption that the changes wrought by globalization compel us to reflect upon the status of the child and childhood at the end of the 20th century. The essays in the book consider what techniques are used to govern the child, what role the family plays, what is global and what is currently specific in the changes, and how the subject is constructed and construed.

Contributors to this volume begin from the assumption that the changes wrought by globalization compel us to reflect upon the status of the child and childhood at the end of the 20th century. The essays in the book consider what techniques are used to govern the child, what role the family plays, what is global and what is currently specific in the changes, and how the subject is constructed and construed.