Children and SocietyProvides a comprehensive overview of the issues, research and debates relating to children and the experience of childhood in late twentieth century Britain. This volume will address key issues such as juvenile crime, poverty, child protection and children's rights and their implications for the development of policy and services for children. Presents first hand accounts from children and parents. |
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... perspectives . - For much of its history , sociology had little to say about children , except as objects of socialisation in the home and at school , or in the teen years as part of youth studies . The neglect of children within ...
... perspectives . - For much of its history , sociology had little to say about children , except as objects of socialisation in the home and at school , or in the teen years as part of youth studies . The neglect of children within ...
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... perspectives . It is a reflection of the current mistrust of global theorising that the present tendency is to focus on specific aspects of families , rather than to integrate external and within - household relation- ships and ...
... perspectives . It is a reflection of the current mistrust of global theorising that the present tendency is to focus on specific aspects of families , rather than to integrate external and within - household relation- ships and ...
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... perspectives described in Chapter 1 , presented here in modified form : • • • • laissez - faire - the state intervenes only in extreme situations - · parentalist – the state concentrates on supporting parents in their child - rearing ...
... perspectives described in Chapter 1 , presented here in modified form : • • • • laissez - faire - the state intervenes only in extreme situations - · parentalist – the state concentrates on supporting parents in their child - rearing ...
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