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Local childhoods, global issues
eBook - Open University Childhood Series
ISBN/EAN: 9781447342977
Umbreit-Nr.: 195314
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 336 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 01.03.2013
Auflage: 1/2013
E-Book
Format: PDF
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- Although the plight of children can sometimes seem grim, there are positive indicators. This interdisciplinary textbook examines children's lives across the world, acknowledging the great differences as well as points of comparison, between childhoods in different contexts. It examines children's use of their own resources and coping strategies, revealing that few children are passive victims of fate, helplessly awaiting rescue. The book considers the problems caused by poverty, socialinequality, ill-health and violence and emphasises that these are challenges for children everywhere, not just those in the poorer countries of the world. A key feature of the book is the children's voices which feature prominently in many chapters in interviews and research conducted by the authors. This well-presented and engagingly written book is an ideal introduction for undergraduates interested in contemporary global childhoods.
- Kurztext
- This interdisciplinary textbook examines children's lives across the world, acknowledging the great differences as well as points of comparison, between childhoods in different contexts.