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European Childhoods

Cultures, Politics and Childhoods in Europe

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  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Allison James

    1. University of Sheffield, UK

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  2. Adrian L. James

    1. University of Sheffield, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. European Childhoods: An Overview

    • Adrian James, Allison James
    Pages 1-13

  3. Children as New Citizens: In the Best Interests of the Child?

    • Anne Trine Kjørholt
    Pages 14-37

  4. Children in Nature: Cultural Ideas and Social Practices in Norway

    • Randi Dyblie Nilsen
    Pages 38-60

  5. Children’s Cultures and New Technologies: A Gap between Generations? Some Reflections from the Spanish Context

    • Ferran Casas
    Pages 61-81

  6. Children at the Margins? Changing Constructions of Childhood in Contemporary Ireland

    • Dympna Devine
    Pages 82-104

  7. Changing Childhood in the UK: Reconstructing Discourses of ‘Risk’ and ‘Protection’

    • Adrian James, Allison James
    Pages 105-128

  8. Institutional Upbringing: A Discussion of the Politics of Childhood in Contemporary Denmark

    • Eva Gulløv
    Pages 129-148

  9. Education and the Cultural Politics of Childhood in Cyprus

    • Spyros Spyrou
    Pages 149-171

  10. Children’s Culture, Cultural Education and Policy Approaches to Children’s Culture: The Case of Germany

    • Heinz Hengst
    Pages 172-197

  11. Work and Care: Reconstructing Childhood through Childcare Policy in Germany

    • Michael-Sebastian Honig
    Pages 198-215

  12. Childhood in the Welfare State

    • Jens Qvortrup
    Pages 216-233

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 234-250
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About this book

The United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child resulted in even greater global awareness of the significance of children's rights and perspectives. The contributors to this book explore the extent to which children's interests are finding expression in different societies in Western Europe.

Reviews

'I am pleased to read a publication that challenges our language and our thinking in discussing children's lives. European Childhoods encourages us to look beyond legislation, policies and services to children's experiences and examine the assumptions behind the way we describe them.' Bronwen Cohen, Children and Society

'For anyone with an academic or professional interest in children's rights, this collection would be an invaluable addition to their library and is an inspirational precedent for discussing childhoods in general.' - Liz Moore, Social Policy

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Sheffield, UK

    Allison James, Adrian L. James

About the editors

FERRAN CASAS Senior Professor of Social Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Girona, Spain DYMPNA DEVINE Senior Lecturer, School of Education and Lifelong Learning, University College Dublin, Ireland EVA GULLØV is Senior Lecturer, Department of Educational Anthropology, Danish University of Education, Copenhagen, Denmark HEINZ HENGST Professor of Social and Cultural Sciences, is retired from Hochschule Bremen, Department of Sozialwesen, Germany MICHAEL-SEBASTIAN HONIG Full Professor of Educational Science, University of Trier, Germany ANNE TRINE KJØRHOLT Director and Associate Professor, Norwegian Centre for Child Research, Trondheim, Norway RANDI DYBLIE NILSEN Professor at the Norwegian Centre for Child Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway JENS QVORTRUP Magister and PhD in sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark SPYROS SPYROU Director, Center for the Study of Childhood and Adolescence and Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at Cyprus College, Cyprus

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