Examining debates concerning children and young people, this text discusses the politics of childhood , focusing on topics such as: the family; education and schooling; mental health; crime and justice; and sexuality.
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Examining current political and policy debates concerning children and young people, this text provides a discussion of the "politics of childhood", focusing on topics such as: the family; education and schooling; mental health; crime and justice; and sexuality.
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Part One Chapter 1 ‘Childhood’: An Introduction to Historical and Theoretical Analyses Chapter 2 ‘Crisis’: The Demonization of Children and Young People Part Two Chapter 3 ‘Families’ in ‘Crisis’? Chapter 4 Prolonging ‘Childhood’, Manufacturing ‘Innocence’ and Regulating Sexuality Chapter 5 ‘Crisis’ in the Classroom Chapter 6 Children in Trouble: State Responses to Juvenile Crime Chapter 7 ‘Mad’, ‘Bad’ or Misunderstood? The Rights of Children and Young People in Residential Mental Health Settings Chapter 8 Whose ‘Childhood’? What ‘Crisis’?
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781857287882
Publisert
1997-05-07
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
521 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
AldersnivĂĽ
U, 05
SprĂĽk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
240

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Om bidragsyterne

Phil Scraton is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Director of the Centre for Studies in Crime and Social Justice at Edge Hill University College. With Kathryn Chadwick he runs the Centre’s postgraduate research and Masters’ programmes. His primary research interests include: the politics and regulation of sexuality; the rights of survivors and the bereaved in the aftermath of disasters; police powers and accountability; deaths in custody; critical analysis and its application.