Local childhoods, global issues / edited by Heather Montgomery. - Second edition. - Bristol : The Policy Press, 2013. - xii, 299 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm. - Childhood . - Childhood. .

Previous edition: 2003. Published in association with the Open University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Interventions and Ideologies / Heather Montgomery -- Children, poverty and social inequality / Heather Montgomery -- Achieving health for children / Catherine Panter-Brick -- Children and violence / Heather Montgomery -- Resilience and well being / Samantha Punch -- Research on childhood issues as social problems / Martyn Hammersley.

This volume considers the problems caused by poverty, social inequality, ill-health and violence and emphasises that these are challenges for children everywhere, not just those in the poorer countries of the world.

9781447305835 (pbk.) : £22.99 9781447305835


Children--Social conditions--Cross-cultural studies
Children--Cross-cultural studies
Children--Cross-cultural studies
Children--Social conditions--Cross-cultural studies
Society.
Society & culture: general
Child welfare
Social & ethical issues
Age groups: children
Sociology: family & relationships

HQ767.9

305.23 MON