Children, welfare and the state /
Contributor(s): Goldson, Barry
| Lavalette, Michael
| McKechnie, Jim
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Publisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2002Description: vi, 211 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0761972323; 9780761972327:; 0761972331 (pbk.).Subject(s): Children -- Government policy -- Great Britain | Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-204) and index.
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.
This is an accessible introduction to childhood studies, complete with reviews and critiques contemporary theories of childhood, and gives a clear introduction to key areas of child-related policies.