Children's Studies

Young people are regularly posited as a threat to social order and Deconstructing Youth explores why. Applying Derridean deconstruction to case studies on youth sexuality, violence and developmental neuroscience, Gabriel offers a fresh perspective on how...

This book provides new insights on the lives of children in street situations by providing analyses from a qualitative perspective on the sociology of childhood. It proposes some insightful perspectives on the current discussion about the rights of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798218236298Format PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Aj Clark - KedoskeePublisher Aj Clark - KedoskeeWeight(grams) 122g

This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive review and critique of the scientific evidence concerning the prevalence, nature and potential effects of food advertising and other forms of marketing on children. There is growing international concern...

Drawing on recent developments within the sociology of family life, this book examines family connection and solidarity within different stepfamily networks, focusing on relationships from a kinship perspective and using case studies of people's...

This book applies theoretical models that reflect the mediated, hybrid, and nomadic global scenes within which GenX artists and writers live, think, and work. Henseler touches upon critical insights in comparative media studies, cultural studies, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781421814278Author Elizabeth McCrackenFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint 1st World LibraryPublisher 1st World LibraryWeight(grams) 140g

This edited volume examines child exploitation in the Global South. It introduces several case studies and interviews articulated around two features: exploitation within the family and exploitation in relation to social contexts. The research shows that...

This book shows the different ways in which migration matters in the context of global and local childhood and youth. Furthermore, it highlights that childhood, youth and migration as well as local and global perspectives need to be thought and analyzed...

The book has drawn an interdisciplinary pool of authors, some of whom are natives of South Asian countries and others who have been involved extensively in the region through their affiliations with various international organizations. The book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798890913975Author Samantha GoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint Readersmagnet LLCPublisher Readersmagnet LLCWeight(grams) 159g

This book investigates issues surrounding the creation of social policy and support systems for children and families in this emerging democracy. Approaches advocated by progressively oriented Lithuanian educators, mental health and human service...

This book investigates how NGOs in authoritarian states, such as China, craft accountability and legitimacy to ensure their survival. It explores this through the lens of child welfare organisations from 2007 to 2017. The authors provide a fresh approach...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798890913630Author Jill SmartFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Readersmagnet LLCPublisher Readersmagnet LLCWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781412966856Author Amy B. JordanFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Sage Publications (CA)Weight(grams) 354g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789356286559Author Himeka SinghFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Blue Rose PublishersPublisher Blue Rose Publishers

This book uses qualitative research methods to examine why students in an Indian context are being identified as having learning disabilities on criteria that are largely drawn from the context of the Global North. It explores the push towards English...

This collection brings together perspectives drawn from a range of international scholars who have conducted research into the applications of neo-tribal theory. The concept of the neo-tribe was first introduced by the French sociologist Michel Mafessoli...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849912051Author Tamara ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 28Imprint ChipmunkapublishingPublisher ChipmunkapublishingWeight(grams) 71g

Drawing on recent developments within the sociology of family life, this book examines family connection and solidarity within different stepfamily networks, focusing on relationships from a kinship perspective and using case studies of people's...

Within contemporary youth research there are two dominant streams - a 'transitions' and a 'cultures' perspective. This collection shows that it is no longer possible to understand the experience of young people through these prisms and proposes new...

This book explores the extent to which children engage with questions of morality, arguing that they are active members of society who have both the capacity and understanding to engage with discourses of morality.Book InformationISBN 9781349329434Author...

This book addresses new avenues in child abuse prevention research that will expand our capacity to protect children. These new avenues result from the emergence of new research methods made possible through technologic advances, an understanding of the...

Youth Mediations and Affective Relations explores dynamic and expansive possibilities of young people's affective lives as they engage with diverse social media in prolific and specific ways. It addresses the situated embodied and emotional experiences...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789956558322Author Churchill Ewumbue-MononoFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Langaa RPCIGPublisher Langaa RPCIGWeight(grams) 316g

This book is an ethnography of teachers and children in grades 1 and 2, and presents arguments about why we should take gender and childhood sexuality seriously in the early years of South African primary schooling. Taking issue with dominant discourses...

This comprehensive reader combines post-graduate level theory with contemporary case studies to illustrate and analyse the complications of children and young people's lived experiences in the UK and worldwide in the early 21st century. Authors in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798890914118Author Kimberly PhillipsFormat HardbackPage Count 34Imprint Readersmagnet LLCPublisher Readersmagnet LLCWeight(grams) 413g

This book constructs a measure of education inequality using time-series cross-national data and utilizes real-world examples based on author interviews. It provides insights into how classic trade theory might be applied more broadly to generate...

Bringing together academic and practitioner points of view, this edited collection shows how violence enters into ordinary, routine practices of childhood and children's experiences. The contributing authors seek to understand how violence is enacted...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798890915672Author Teresa Haven PelinskiFormat HardbackPage Count 26Imprint Readersmagnet LLCPublisher Readersmagnet LLCWeight(grams) 222g

Do people make friends with those who are culturally and socially different to themselves? Friendship and Diversity explores the social relationships of adults and children living in highly diverse localities in London. The authors examine how social...

Offering a new way of understanding the high self-harm and suicide rates among sexual and gender minority youth, this book prioritises the perspectives and experiences of queer young people, including those who have experience of self-harming and/or...

Much concern has been expressed about the scandal of physical and sexual abuse by care workers of children living in residential homes but this is the first detailed study of the major problem of violence between children . Based on extensive interviews...

This book explores the literary and cultural history behind certain Christmas and Halloween traditions, and examines the way that they have moved into broadcasting. It demonstrates how these horror traditions have become more domestic and personal, and...

This study on cross cultural perspectives in child advocacy deals with various topics, including support for children's issues, the factors that influence reporting of suspected child abuse and child advocacy's application to education professionals. The...

The computer games industry is one of the most vibrant industries today whose potential for growth seems inexhaustible. This book adopts a multi-disciplinary approach and captures emerging trends as well as the issues and challenges faced by businesses,...

The book presented here describes an outstanding attempt, not only to include children's views but to partner with children to develop the concept of well-being and to study the phenomenon as the children understand it. The authors do this by placing the...

This book brings together a range of theoretical and empirical perspectives on conceptualization, measurement, multidimensional impacts and policy and service responses to address child and family poverty. It illuminates issues and trends through country...