European Childhoods: Cultures, Politics and Childhoods in Europe

by Allison James and Adrian L. James

Book Overview

In the context of a growing global awareness of the significance of children's rights and perspectives created by the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child, this edited collection of papers explores the extent to which children's interests are finding expression in different societies in Western Europe. Its aim is to compare the ways in which social and welfare issues around childhood are being framed and realised, both within policies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403997500
• ISBN13: 9781403997500
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"