Local childhoods, global issues / edited by Heather Montgomery.
Material type:
TextSeries: ChildhoodPublication details: Bristol : The Policy Press, 2013.Edition: Second editionDescription: xii, 299 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cmISBN: - 9781447305835 (pbk.) :
- 9781447305835
- Children -- Cross-cultural studies -- Social conditions
- 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
- 305.23 MON
- HQ767.9
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 305.23 MON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 223734 | |||
| Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 305.23 MON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 216827 |
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.