Children's Studies

Whether controversial or taken for granted, pictures of children are everywhere - in magazines, newspapers and advertisements, on greetings cards and the Internet. "Picturing Childhood" demonstrates how these familiar images reveal a view of childhood...

What role does emotion play in child and family social work practice? In this book, researcher Matthew Gibson reviews the role of shame and pride in social work, providing invaluable new insights from the first study undertaken into the role of these...

More than ever before, children are apparently being recognised as social actors and citizens. Yet public policy often involves increased control and surveillance of children. This book explores the contradiction. It shows how different ways of thinking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345541253Author Ben FossFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143131892Author Sarah Ockwell-SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 210mm...

Kohli offers a comprehensive overview of what is known about the resettlement of young asylum-seekers, answering social work practitioners' need for a fuller understanding. After reviewing existing approaches, research evidence and current practice,...

Written by practicing social workers and social work educators, this text analyzes modern psychoanalytic and psychosocial approaches to social work and relates them to current practices and values. Focusing on working with children and families, the text...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142001080Author Marie WinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House AustraliaWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789373073903Author Priya KuriyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Harper Children'sPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IndiaWeight(grams) 100g

Master the knowledge and skills required to obtain the Early Years Educator qualification. Written by early years experts Penny Tassoni and Louise Burnham, this new edition is endorsed by NCFE CACHE for the Early Years Educator qualifications...

What does it mean to put children's voices at the centre and truly recognise their capacity for change? Through rich, interdisciplinary research spanning Australia, Poland, Spain, Slovakia, India and the UK, this book illuminates how children actively...

We Were Not Built to Break: Racially Affirming Care for Black Children, Families, and Communities provides Child and Youth Care workers with a critical understanding of the ways in which race and racism influences the experiences and outcomes of Black...

The relationships children form with each other are important not only to childhood happiness but also to healthy adult functioning. Originally published in 1998, Phillip Slee and Ken Rigby presented an up-to-date overview of the latest findings in this...

How can we help children make a difference, allowing them to shape their communities, locally and globally? Drawing on a rich blend of academic research and case studies, Alison Body critically examines societal structures, including education,...

Donna M. Lanclos writes about children on the school playgrounds of working-class Belfast, Northern Ireland, using their own words to show how they shape their social identities. The notion that children's voices and perspectives must be included in a...

Despite global advances in children's rights, young people are routinely disregarded, overpowered and excluded. This persistent discrimination - known as adultism - permeates family life, education, urban design, legal systems and political discourse. ...

Amid increasing policy and funding pressures, and a dangerously overstretched workforce, the early years sector in the UK is facing a profound crisis. A focus on education at the expense of care has contributed to the complexities of childcare practice...

Amid increasing policy and funding pressures, and a dangerously overstretched workforce, the early years sector in the UK is facing a profound crisis. A focus on education at the expense of care has contributed to the complexities of childcare practice...

Despite global advances in children's rights, young people are routinely disregarded, overpowered and excluded. This persistent discrimination - known as adultism - permeates family life, education, urban design, legal systems and political discourse. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476694641Author Kathy Merlock JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 231Imprint McFarland & Co IncPublisher McFarland & Co Inc

Understanding Contemporary Childhood introduces students to the ways in which childhood is socially constructed by a range of social, cultural and political forces. Accessibly written and assuming no prior knowledge, it outlines key social theories to...

Understanding Contemporary Childhood introduces students to the ways in which childhood is socially constructed by a range of social, cultural and political forces. Accessibly written and assuming no prior knowledge, it outlines key social theories to...

An addictive, hard-hitting YA thriller filled with poisonous twists, 'Hidden Toxins' will keep you hooked. Perfect for fans of, 'One of us is lying' and 'A good girl's guide to murder'.Six audacious teenagers. Far too many secrets. A corrupt...

This comprehensive text offers an accessible introduction to the field of childhood studies. Written by a team of higher education teacher-scholars from diverse fields in the behavioral sciences, health sciences, social sciences, and the humanities, this...

This pioneering book examines how young people's agency in differing digital landscapes intersects with areas such as communication, economy, work and leisure. Terhi-Anna Wilska and Jussi Nyrhinen analyse the underlying factors upholding these dynamics...

Anti-Oppressive Child and Youth Care explores the meaning of anti-oppressive practice within the field of child and youth care. The contributing authors analyze the effectiveness of current systems in Canada through an anti-oppressive lens, examine the...

Despite its huge public profile, surprisingly little is known about child protection work. Discussion focuses on failures that result in children dying, or on what social workers cannot do, due to bureaucratic pressures and limited time. This book...

Despite its huge public profile, surprisingly little is known about child protection work. Discussion focuses on failures that result in children dying, or on what social workers cannot do, due to bureaucratic pressures and limited time. This book...

For eight years Keith Morton codirected a safe-space program for youth involved in gang or street violence in Providence, Rhode Island. Getting Out is a result of the innovative perspectives he developed as he worked alongside staff from a local...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783384339874Author Sandra PlhaFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint tredition GmbHPublisher tredition GmbHWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm * 4mm

This volume adopts a context-informed framework exploring risk, maltreatment, well-being and protection of children in diverse groups in Israel. It incorporates the findings of seven case studies conducted at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's NEVET...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916135352Author Ashley WoodfallFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint The Children's Media YearbookPublisher The Children's Media YearbookWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781421886923Author Cecilia Brown ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint 1st World PublishingPublisher 1st World PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780355382Author Tim CornishFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint FastPrint PublishingPublisher Upfront PublishingDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 4mm

This book interrogates the international child protection regime, with a particular focus on its weaknesses and failures. It looks at the lack of accountability, the normativity, and the tendency to recreate patterns of power and exclusion that blight...

Report Card 17 explores how 43 OECD/EU countries are faring in providing healthy environments for children. Do children have clean water to drink? Do they have good-quality air to breathe? Are their homes free of lead and mould? How many children live in...

Producing Children imagines the possibility, indeed the inevitability, of a creative relation between children as producers and consumers by revising the long-established, hierarchical relation between adults and children. The chapters in this collection...

Diverse Spaces of Childhood and Youth focuses on the diverse spaces and discourses of children and youth globally. The chapters explore the influence of gender, age and other socio-cultural differences, such as race, ethnicity and migration trajectories,...

On the urgent need to promote critical reading skills amidst rising authoritarianism Children's author Philip Pullman famously said that "There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a...

In recent decades, much of youth research in Chinese societies has sought to understand the transformation of the younger generation and their social environment in the context of globalization, deindustrialization and economic insecurity. The epochal...