Our Runaway and Homeless Youth: A Guide to Understanding
ISBN: 9780275979942 / Angielski / Twarda / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The stories of four among hundreds of runaway youths treated in Slesnick's program illustrate points in this volume, which offers a summary of the information known about runaway and homeless children and teenagers. In addition to describing the breadth of this problem, this book explains different types of runaway and homeless youths, and why they leave home by choice or are asked to leave. Slesnick also explains some of the factors common to these children and their families, as well as what happens to the youths when they leave home. Direction and support are provided for parents from... The stories of four among hundreds of runaway youths treated in Slesnick's program illustrate points in this volume, which offers a summary of the ... |
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304,34 zł |
The Child's Right to Play: A Global Approach
ISBN: 9780275981716 / Angielski / Twarda / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Clements, Fiorentino, and their contributors focus on the right of every child to experience the joy and developmental benefits derived from play. The volume brings together national and international specialists in the areas of early childhood and play leadership as well as playground manufacturers, parks and recreation directors, architects and landscape architects, child care providers, child life specialists, movement and physical educators, and parent advocates of play. Clements and Fiorentino offer readers contemporary thoughts from more than 60 national and international... Clements, Fiorentino, and their contributors focus on the right of every child to experience the joy and developmental benefits derived from play. ... |
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365,21 zł |
Boys Among Men: Trying and Sentencing Juveniles as Adults
ISBN: 9780275982546 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Images of youngsters in handcuffs and prison uniforms have become common on the nightly news in the United States. As America's fascination with crime and justice has grown, so has attention to the ways in which youthful offenders are charged, tried, and sentenced. While they may once have been viewed as misguided youth, more and more juveniles are being charged as adults and sentenced to adult prisons. Myers questions whether doing so is an effective deterrent for young offenders, if rehabilitation is out of the question, and if youth and society are better served by sending children away... Images of youngsters in handcuffs and prison uniforms have become common on the nightly news in the United States. As America's fascination with cr... |
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221,34 zł |
Globalization and Children: Exploring Potentials for Enhancing Opportunities in the Lives of Children and Youth
ISBN: 9780306473685 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ALLISON JAMES Globalization seems to be the word on everyone s lips, with politicians as much as academics extolling its benefits as well as its contradictions. For some, globali- tion means, in practice, that whether in Bangkok or Boston, in London or Rio, as travelers from wealthy countries they can be sure to find the beer, the pizzas, and the jeans that they can at home; they can be both at home and away simulta- ously. For others, though, globalization has had rather different, often less bene- cial, consequences. In their everyday lives people have come to find themselves tied in,...
ALLISON JAMES Globalization seems to be the word on everyone s lips, with politicians as much as academics extolling its benefits as well as its contr...
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391,77 zł |
Developmental Assets and Asset-Building Communities: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice
ISBN: 9780306474828 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Introduced by the Search Institute in 1990, the framework of "developmental assets" is a set of social and psychological strengths that function to enhance health outcomes for children and adolescents. Since that time, research and application associated with the concept of developmental assets has been integrated with the fields of community change and community building:
-to help understand the developmental experiences, resources, and opportunities that contributes to important health outcomes among young people; and -to energize and guide community-based approaches to... Introduced by the Search Institute in 1990, the framework of "developmental assets" is a set of social and psychological strengths that function to en...
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Other People's Kids: Social Expectations and American Adults? Involvement with Children and Adolescents
ISBN: 9780306477348 / Angielski / Twarda / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. According to the study conducted by Gallup Organization, only a minority of Americans experience consistent normative motivation for engaging with other people's children. Social norms theory suggests that adults are more likely to get deeply involved if that involvement is viewed as highly important, and if they perceive a social expectation to do so. This volume examines the nature of social norms in general and in relationship to children and adolescents. The book examines the complex dynamics of understanding the appropriate roles of parents and other adults in young people's... According to the study conducted by Gallup Organization, only a minority of Americans experience consistent normative motivation for engaging with ... |
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195,87 zł |
We're Friends, Right?: Inside Kids' Culture
ISBN: 9780309087292 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sociologists often study exotic cultures by immersing themselves in an environment until they become accepted as insiders. In this fascinating account by acclaimed researcher William A. Corsaro, a scientist "goes native" to study the secret world of children. Here, for the first time, are the children themselves, heard through an expert who knows that the only way to truly understand them is by becoming a member of their community. That's just what Corsaro did when he traded in his adult perspective for a seat in the sandbox alongside groups of preschoolers. Corsaro's...Sociologists often study exotic cultures by immersing themselves in an environment until they become accepted as insiders. In this fascinating a... |
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98,49 zł |
A History of Children: A Socio-Cultural Survey Across Millennia
ISBN: 9780313315749 / Angielski / Twarda / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A History of Children" investigates the treatment of children throughout the millennia, examining and comparing, in the timeline from prehistory to the present, cultural codes, and societal laws. A recurrent theme in the book is the unchanging, immutable nature of childhood despite epochal and societal differences in birth rituals, education, puberty rituals, inheritance laws, child labor legislation, cultural customs, and historical events that have affected the lives of children over the last 5000 years. Despite the cruelties of infanticide, abandonment, and slavery that continue to... "A History of Children" investigates the treatment of children throughout the millennia, examining and comparing, in the timeline from prehistory t... |
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498,02 zł |
Children with Disabilities in America: A Historical Handbook and Guide
ISBN: 9780313331466 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Images of disabled children are found throughout well-known works of literature, film, and even opera. Their characters range from sweet, to brave, to tragic. Disabled children are also a part of the reality of life either in personal ways or as poster girls and boys for drives and causes. Behind these images is a historical presence that has been created by the societies in which these children live and have lived. This work examines current knowledge about children's experience of physical, cognitive, and emotional/behavioral impairments from the Colonial period to the present, while... Images of disabled children are found throughout well-known works of literature, film, and even opera. Their characters range from sweet, to brave,... |
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326,48 zł |
Adolescent Sexuality: A Historical Handbook and Guide
ISBN: 9780313333996 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Covering major issues in adolescent sexuality in the United States from colonial times to the present, this work provides an account of how adults, from policymakers to police and parents, have attempted to intervene in the sexual lives of adolescents, and how adolescent sexuality has been and continues to be a subject of social concern and control. This balanced, nuanced, and data-grounded view of the past and present of adolescent sexuality provides readers with a store of valuable and reliable information. Covering major issues in adolescent sexuality in the United States from... Covering major issues in adolescent sexuality in the United States from colonial times to the present, this work provides an account of how adults,... |
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409,48 zł |
Invisible Hands: Child Labor and the State in Colonial Zimbabwe
ISBN: 9780325001869 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using a wealth of previously misread or neglected documentation, Grier demonstrates that children and adolescents were a major preoccupation of settlers in the mining and agricultural sectors, of domestic service, and of officials whose task it was to provide conditions favorable to the accumulation of capital. By doing so, she uncovers how the youngest workers resisted attempts to control their mobility and labor. Young workers and migrants employed passive and active forms of resistance to assert or maintain their autonomy from patriarchy, capital, and the state. In addition to being the... Using a wealth of previously misread or neglected documentation, Grier demonstrates that children and adolescents were a major preoccupation of set... |
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588,64 zł |
The Changing State of Youth
ISBN: 9780333739495 / Angielski / Twarda / 209 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the course of the last quarter of the Twentieth-century, we witnessed a dramatic reversal in the fortunes of young people. From being a key beneficiary of the post-war political commitment to inclusion and concession, youth became re-constituted as a much more costly 'state' to be in. This important new text takes as its basic premise the idea that age is a key site of division and explores the key elements of the process by which young people are integrated into society. Both detailed and wide-ranging in its analysis, it provides an accessible introduction to the major issues involved...
During the course of the last quarter of the Twentieth-century, we witnessed a dramatic reversal in the fortunes of young people. From being a key ben...
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735,96 zł |
Constructing Childhood: Theory, Policy and Social Practice
ISBN: 9780333948903 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text provides a critical analysis of the social construction of childhood and children's agency. Through an interdisciplinary synthesis combining social theory, social policy and the empirical findings of social science research, it bridges the current gap between theory and practice, offering an incisive theoretical account of childhood that is grounded in substantive areas of children's lives such as health, education, crime and the family. This furthers understanding of the impact of policy on children's everyday lives and social experiences.
This text provides a critical analysis of the social construction of childhood and children's agency. Through an interdisciplinary synthesis combining...
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735,96 zł |
Young Femininity: Girlhood, Power and Social Change
ISBN: 9780333965115 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text draws on international work to do with femininity, identity and youth cultures to explore how girlhood is defined and portrayed in contemporary theoretical and popular discourses, and to examine how young women from different social backgrounds and cultural contexts negotiate their gendered identities. Encompassing topics such as sexuality, the body, friendship, family, education, work and citizenship, this is an appealing and wide-ranging text for students of sociology, gender studies and cultural studies.
This text draws on international work to do with femininity, identity and youth cultures to explore how girlhood is defined and portrayed in contempor...
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735,96 zł |
Young Femininity: Girlhood, Power and Social Change
ISBN: 9780333965122 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text draws on international work to do with femininity, identity and youth cultures to explore how girlhood is defined and portrayed in contemporary theoretical and popular discourses, and to examine how young women from different social backgrounds and cultural contexts negotiate their gendered identities. Encompassing topics such as sexuality, the body, friendship, family, education, work and citizenship, this is an appealing and wide-ranging text for students of sociology, gender studies and cultural studies.
This text draws on international work to do with femininity, identity and youth cultures to explore how girlhood is defined and portrayed in contempor...
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225,99 zł |
On Playing a Poor Hand Well: Insights from the Lives of Those Who Have Overcome Childhoodinsights from the Lives of Those
ISBN: 9780393702323 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing upon research examining life's trajectories, Mark Katz identifies sources of protection, strength, and understanding - the cards that enable some children to "beat the odds." He encourages therapists, educators, and other child caretakers to incorporate these factors into our system of care.
Drawing upon research examining life's trajectories, Mark Katz identifies sources of protection, strength, and understanding - the cards that enable s...
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166,38 zł |
Childhood Studies : A Reader in Perspectives of Childhood
ISBN: 9780415214148 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book brings together a variety of perspectives on the study of childhood: how this has been treated historically and how such a concept is developing as we move into a new century.
This book brings together a variety of perspectives on the study of childhood: how this has been treated historically and how such a concept is develo...
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Childhood Studies: A Reader in Perspectives of Childhood
ISBN: 9780415214155 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The nature of childhood, the consideration of whether a certain age denotes innocence or not, and the desire to teach good citizenship to our children are all issues commonly discussed by today's media. This book brings together a variety of perspectives on the study of childhood: how this has been treated historically and how such a concept is developing as we move into the next century.
The book is divided into five main sections: * part one sets the scene and provides the reader with an overview of attitudes towards childhood. * part two surveys... The nature of childhood, the consideration of whether a certain age denotes innocence or not, and the desire to teach good citizenship to our children...
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The Geographies of Young People: The Morally Contested Spaces of Identity
ISBN: 9780415223942 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Geographies of Young People traces the changing scientific and societal notions of what it is to be a young person, and argues that there is a need to rethink how we view childhood spaces, child development and the politics of growing up.
This book brings coherency to the growing field of children's geographies by arguing that although most of it does not prescribe solutions to the moral assault against young people, it nonetheless offers appropriate insights into difference and diversity, and how young people are constructed. Other books in the series:... The Geographies of Young People traces the changing scientific and societal notions of what it is to be a young person, and argues that there...
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Geographies of Young People: The Morally Contested Spaces of Identity
ISBN: 9780415223959 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book traces some of the changing scientific and societal notions of what it is to be a young person, and argues that there is a need to rethink how we view childhood spaces, child development and the politics of growing up. The book challenges popular myths that evoke general notions of childhood as a natural stage in the development towards adulthood. In addition, the book argues that new theories need to articulate the interdependent relations between material societal transformations and the social constructions of childhood.
This book traces some of the changing scientific and societal notions of what it is to be a young person, and argues that there is a need to rethink h...
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252,27 zł |