Contesting Childhood

Informationen zum Autor Michael Wyness Klappentext Drawing on work from within the developing field of childhood studies, this text examines theoretical and policy driven understandings of the current position of children in society. Through an analysis of policy reforms and professional initiatives within educational child care and legal contexts, the author examines different, potentially competing viewpoints of childrens social position. Chapters are devoted to a number of related themes, including child policy and moral ambiguity, the limits to child protection, the individualization of schooling and childhood and citizenship. Zusammenfassung Wyness argues for new, more effective conceptions of childhood, derived from analysis of recent social policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 Childhood in Crisis: Decline or Reconstruction? 2 Social Policy and Moral Ambiguity 3 Child Sexual Abuse: Protection, Prevention and Identification 4 Childhood, Agency and Educational Reform 5 Childhood and Citizenship Appendix A Comment on the Data

Product details

• Authors: Michael Wyness, Wyness Michael
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.11.1999
• EAN: 9780750708241
• ISBN: 978-0-7507-0824-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Philosophy and theory of education, Child welfare and youth services, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten