Childhoods at the intersection of the local and the global / edited by Afua Twum-Danso Imoh and Robert Ame.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Imoh, Afua Twum-Danso.

Ame, Robert Kwame, 1958-

Series:

Studies in childhood and youth

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Social conditions.

Children.

Child development.

Child welfare.

Children's rights.

Physical Description:

xi, 207 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

Childhoods at the Intersection of the Local and the Global examines the imposition of the modern Western notion of childhood, which is now deemed as universal, on other cultures and explores how local communities react to these impositions in various ways such as manipulation, outright rejection and acceptance. The book discusses childhoods in different regions of the world and boasts a range of contributors from several academic disciplines such as Sociology, Social Work, Education, Anthropology, Criminology and Human Rights, who are experts on the regions they discuss. The book argues against the notion of a universal childhood and illustrates that different societies around the world have different notions of childhood. This book is recommended reading for students, scholars and practitioners working with children in the Global South as well as internationally. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I

1 The Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Product and Facilitator of a Global Childhood / Afua Twum-Danso Imoh Imoh, Afua Twum-Danso 17

2 Universalizing Early Childhood: History, Forms and Logics / Miriam Tag Tag, Miriam 34

3 Early Child Development Policy: The Colonization of the World's Childrearing Practices? / Katie Monaghan Monaghan, Katie 56

4 The Rhetoric and Realities of Early Childhood Programmes Promoted by the World Bank / Helen Penn Penn, Helen 75

5 The Construction of the Child in Ghanaian Welfare Policy / Siobhan E. Laird Laird, Siobhan E. 94

Part II

6 'This Is How We Do It Here': The Persistence of the Physical Punishment of Children in Ghana in the Face of Globalizing Ideals / Afua Twum-Danso Imoh Imoh, Afua Twum-Danso 121

7 Making Gender and Generation: Between the Local and the Global in Africa / Karen Wells Wells, Karen 143

8 Caught up in between Change and Continuity: Challenging Contemporary Childhood in Saudi Arabia / Hind Khalifa Khalifa, Hind 160

9 The Rites of the Child: Global Discourses of Youth and Reintegrating Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone / Susan Shepler Shepler, Susan 174.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230342323

0230342329

OCLC:

795175269