Children, welfare and the state / edited by Barry Goldson, Michael Lavalette and Jim McKechnie.

In recent years there has been a growing interest in the study of c̀hildren' and c̀hildhood' 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 theoretic...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Goldson, Barry, Lavalette, Michael, McKechnie, Jim
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • Children, welfare and the state : an introduction / Barry Goldson
  • 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 : inequalities in our schools / Henry Maitles
  • 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 : school strikes in Britain / Stephen Cunningham and Michael Lavalette
  • Childhood : themes and issues / Jim McKechnie.