Jane Pilcher, Jane Pilcher, Stephen Wagg

Thatcher's Children? (eBook, ePUB)

Politics, Childhood And Society In The 1980s And 1990s

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

That childhood is a social construction is understood both by social scientists and in society generally. The authors of this book examine the political issues surrounding childhood, including law making, social policy, government provisions and political activism.; This text examines current social and political issues involving childhood. It looks at the impact of the "New Right" who talk of family values, parent power in schools, irresponsible provision of contraception to young girls and the increase in child violence as a result of mass media. It also considers the response of the caring professions and the "Modern Left" who campaign, amongst other things, for the establishment of children's rights.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135792206
• Artikelnr.: 42725569

Autorenporträt

Dr Jane Pilcher, Jane Pilcher, Stephen Wagg

Inhaltsangabe

Thatcher's children? - the study of politics of childhood in the neo-liberal era
testing, testing - politics, childhood and British education 1979- 1995
the politics of the Children's Act
happy families - the politics of child abuse
young thugs go for it - the politics of the young offender
Gillick and after - children and sex
the children's rights movement
child poverty
tabloid constructions of childhood - the case of James Bulger's murder
childhood, media and popular culture
childhood, labour and slavery
children and the sex industry in the Far East.