Childhoods at the intersection of the local and the global

Childhoods at the Intersection of the Local and the Global. examines the imposition of the modern Western notion of childhood, which is now deemed as universal, on other cultures and explores how local communities react to these impositions in various ways such as manipulation, outright rejection and acceptance. The book discusses childhoods in different regions of the world and boasts a range of contributors from several academic disciplines such as Sociology, Social Work, Education, Anthropology, Criminology and Human Rights, who are experts on the regions they discuss. The book argues against the notion of a universal childhood and illustrates that different societies around the world havedifferent notions of childhood. This book is recommended reading for students, scholars and practitioners working with children in the Global South as wellas internationally. INDICE: Introduction; A.Twum-Danso Imoh.&. R.Ame.The Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Product and Facilitator of a Global Childhood; A.Twum-Danso Imoh.Universalizing Early Childhood: History, Forms, and Logics; M.Tag.EarlyChild Development Policy: The Colonization of the World's Childrearing Practices?; K.Monaghan.The Rhetoric and Realities of Early Childhood Programmes Promoted by the World Bank; H.Penn.The Construction of the Child in Ghanaian Welfare Policy; S.Laird.'This is how we do it here'. The Persistence of the Physical Punishment of Children in Ghana in the Face of Globalizing Ideals; A.Twum-Danso Imoh.Making Gender and Generation: Between the Local and the Global in Africa; K.Wells.Caught up in Between Change and Continuity: Challenging Contemporary Childhood in Saudi Arabia; H.Khalifa.The Rites of the Child: Global discourses of Youth and Reintegrating Child soldiers in Sierra Leone; S.Shepler.Conclusion; R.Ame.&. A.Twum-Danso Imoh.

• ISBN: 978-0-230-34232-3
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 208
• Fecha Publicación: 21/09/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido