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Understanding Childhood

Understanding Childhood

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Childhood has become central to socio-political debates and policy initiatives both nationally and globally. Despite the privileges afforded to children in the West, Western childhoods are no longer seen as the ‘ideal’ to which all should aspire. Recent reports and policy concerns suggest that growing up in the West may be marked by the commercialisation of childhood, leading to unhappiness, poor health, loss of innocence and a general lack of wellbeing among children themselves. Understanding childhood is a fresh look at how childhood has changed in recent years and reveals how children’s needs and experiences have achieved a new visibility…

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  • Publisher: Policy Press
  • Published: January 2013
  • ISBN: 9781447342953
  • Edition: 1
  • Title: Understanding Childhood
  • Series: Open University Childhood
  • Author: Mary Jane Kehily (ed.)
  • Imprint: Policy Press
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 337 [disclaimer]

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