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Contesting Childhood (Paperback)

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Wyness argues for new, more effective conceptions of childhood, derived from analysis of recent social policy.

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As we move into the new millennium, politicians, journalists and social scientists continually refer to childhood as a period of physical insecurity and moral ambiguity. The problems of child abuse and child crime, along with the notion of childrens rights, suggest that children are less likely to accept the rules and boundaries laid down by adults. Some commentators have talked about this as a crisis of childhood.
Contesting Childhood draws on work from within the developing field of childhood studies in examining theoretical and policy-driven understandings of the current position of children in society. Through an analysis of policy reforms and professional initiatives within educational child care and legal contexts, the author examines different, potentially competing viewpoints of childrens social position. Chapters are devoted to a number related themes, including child policy and moral ambiguity, the limits to child protection, the individualisation of schooling and childhood and citize

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