基本説明
Reveals the divisions within the category 'child' and the role of the state and the state welfare and criminal justice systems in regulating children's lives, and stigmatizing certain groups of children.
Full Description
`A good foundation for those intent on further research' - ChildRight
`It is intelligent, lively, clear, and well written' - Professor Hugh Cunningham, University of Kent at Canterbury
`This is an excellent source book which is up-to-date and covers key debates on childhood in an accessible way' - Professor Andy Furlong, University of Glasgow
In recent years there has been a growing interest in the study of `children' and `childhood' within the social sciences. Children, Welfare and the State provides readers with a comprehensive critical introduction to modern childhood studies.
In addition to engaging with the broad theoretical debates within the `new' sociology of childhood and developmental psychology the book:
- Explores key questions in relation to researching childhood, children's agency and social constructionist perspectives;
- Traces historical and contemporary developments in social policy responses to children and childhood;
- Examines the primary sites of state intervention in regulating and shaping children's lives.
- Re-states the primary significance of social class and other structural divisions in understanding children's experiences of childhood;
- Systematically assesses the impact of inequality and poverty on children and childhood.
Children, Welfare and the State has been tailored to appeal to those studying children and childhood within social policy, sociology, psychology, criminology, history, social work and youth and community work courses.
Contents
Children, Welfare and the State - Barry Goldson
An Introduction
The Sociology of Childhood - Michael Lavalette and Stephen Cunningham
New Sociology and Old Psychology - Sandy Hobbs
Children's Voices and Researching Childhood - Jim McKechnie
Rich Children, Poor Children - Tony Novak
Children and Education - Henry Maitles
Inequalities in Our Schools
Working Children - Niamh Stack and Jim McKechnie
Children, Class and the Threatening State - Chris Jones
Children, Crime and the State - Barry Goldson
Child Abuse and Child Protection - Brian Corby
Sex Education as Regulation - Deena Haydon and Phil Scraton
Children, Politics and Collective Action - Stephen Cunningham and Michael Lavalette
School Strikes in Britain
Childhood - Jim McKechnie
Themes and Issues
