The Agency of Children

From Family to Global Human Rights

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Sociology
Cover of the book The Agency of Children by David Oswell, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: David Oswell ISBN: 9781139609838
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: December 20, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: David Oswell
ISBN: 9781139609838
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: December 20, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

The idea of children's agency is central to the growing field of childhood studies. In this book David Oswell argues for new understandings of children's agency. He traces the transformation of children and childhood across the nineteenth, twentieth and early twenty-first centuries and explores the dramatic changes in recent years to children's everyday lives as a consequence of new networked, mobile technologies and new forms of globalisation. The author reviews existing theories of children's agency as well as providing the theoretical tools for thinking of children's agency as spatially, temporally and materially complex. With this in mind, he surveys the main issues in childhood studies, with chapters covering family, schooling, crime, health, consumer culture, work and human rights. This is a comprehensive text intended for students and academic researchers across the humanities and social sciences interested in the study of children and childhood.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The idea of children's agency is central to the growing field of childhood studies. In this book David Oswell argues for new understandings of children's agency. He traces the transformation of children and childhood across the nineteenth, twentieth and early twenty-first centuries and explores the dramatic changes in recent years to children's everyday lives as a consequence of new networked, mobile technologies and new forms of globalisation. The author reviews existing theories of children's agency as well as providing the theoretical tools for thinking of children's agency as spatially, temporally and materially complex. With this in mind, he surveys the main issues in childhood studies, with chapters covering family, schooling, crime, health, consumer culture, work and human rights. This is a comprehensive text intended for students and academic researchers across the humanities and social sciences interested in the study of children and childhood.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book The Rise of Modern Science Explained by David Oswell
Cover of the book The Archaeology of the Caucasus by David Oswell
Cover of the book The Cambridge Introduction to Postmodernism by David Oswell
Cover of the book Technocracy and Democracy in Latin America by David Oswell
Cover of the book Public Health Ethics by David Oswell
Cover of the book The Sound Sense of Poetry: Volume 1 by David Oswell
Cover of the book Building Transnational Networks by David Oswell
Cover of the book Single Best Answer Questions for the Final FFICM by David Oswell
Cover of the book An Introduction to the New Testament and the Origins of Christianity by David Oswell
Cover of the book Retribution and Reparation in the Transition to Democracy by David Oswell
Cover of the book The New Financial Capitalists by David Oswell
Cover of the book Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean by David Oswell
Cover of the book Religious Diversity in the Workplace by David Oswell
Cover of the book A First Course in String Theory by David Oswell
Cover of the book Advanced Concepts in Particle and Field Theory by David Oswell
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy