Apologies for cross posting
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Reactions to Unicef's report on child well-being have been mixed, but it
has undoubtedly opened the floodgates for a welcome discussion about what
appears to be a negative cultural approach to children and childhood in
contemporary Britain.
Childhood studies is a growing area at The Policy Press and we have many
titles highly relevant to this debate:
Addressing the problem of young people finding themselves on the fringes of
society, our recently published 'Children, young people and social
inclusion', edited by John Davis, Malcolm Hill, Alan Prout and Kay Tisdall,
asks how far and in what way social inclusion policies are meeting the
needs and rights of children and young people.
Like the Unicef report, Children these days, by Nicola Madge, gives the
perspective of the children in question. It draws on the accounts of over
two thousand children, and five hundred adults, to examine the present day
meaning of childhood and its implications for policy and practice.
Other relevant Policy Press titles include Child welfare and social policy,
edited by Harry Hendrick, Children of the 21st century, edited by Shirley
Dex and heather Joshi, and the forthcoming title, Growing up with risk,
edited by Betsy Thom, Rosemary Sales and Jenny Pearce.
For details on all the above titles, and on our other titles on childhood,
please go to:
https://www.policypress.org.uk/catalog/default.php?cPath=10090
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