Globalization and children : exploring potentials for enhancing opportunities in the lives of children and youth / [edited by] Natalie Hevener Kaufman and Irene Rizzini.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaufman, Natalie Hevener.

Rizzini, Irene.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Social conditions.

Children.

Children's rights.

Globalization--Social aspects.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

xviii, 176 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2002]

Summary:

The primary aim of Globalization and Children is to present an interdisciplinary analysis of a diverse set of global changes and their effects on the everyday lives of children. Contributors offer guidelines which will enable researchers, policy makers, and other child advocates to increase their understanding of how global change is affecting children and which interventions would be useful in understanding and developing policies that would advance the well-being of children. The book explores and explains how children have been excluded from our conceptualization of the world and our research about globalization. The contributors represent a variety of perspectives from different disciplines including anthropology, sociology, psychology, politics, international relations, law, and economics. Globalization and Children will be an indispensable resource for practitioners and policy makers who are concerned with children and child-related issues, psychologists, sociologists, social workers, and upper-level students in anthropology, sociology, psychology, and education.

Contents:

I. The Global Perspective 1

1. The Impact of Global Economic, Political, and Social Transformations on the Lives of Children: A Framework for Analysis / Natalie Hevener Kaufman, Irene Rizzini, Kathleen Wilson, Malcolm Bush 3

2. Globalization in Cross-Cultural Perspective / Virginia Murphy-Berman, Natalie Hevener Kaufman 19

3. The Status of Children in International Law / Natalie Hevener Kaufman 31

4. Democratization and Children's Lives / Gary B. Melton 47

II. Global Trends in Children's Lives 69

5. Children and Family Life / Arlene Bowers Andrews 71

6. Civic Participation by Children and Youth / Susan P. Limber, Natalie Hevener Kaufman 81

7. The Effects of Political and Economic Transformations on Children: The Environment / Louise Chawla 91

8. Children and the Media / Brian Wilcox 99

9. Developmental-Ecological Considerations / Ross Thompson 107

III. Applying the Lens of Global Change to the Actual Lives of Children 115

10. The Transition to "Democracy" in Latin America: Challenges and Implications / Elaine C. Lacy 117

11. Promises Kept, Promises Broken: Recent Political and Economic Trends Affecting Children and Youth in Brazil / Irene Rizzini, Gary Barker 129

12. The Effects of Structural Adjustment Programs on the Lives of Children in Jamaica / Sian Williams 151.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0306473682

OCLC:

50347888