Abebe, T. and Dar, A. and Wells, Karen, eds. (2024) Routledge handbook of childhood studies and global development. London, UK & New York, U.S.: Routledge. ISBN 9780367740436. (In Press)
Abstract
Book synopsis: The Routledge Handbook of Childhood Studies and Global Development explores how global development agendas and processes of economic development influence children’s lives. It demonstrates that children are not only the frequent targets or objects of development but that they also shape and influence processes of economic, political and sociocultural development. The handbook makes the case for the importance of placing children at the heart of development debates and demonstrates how researchers, policymakers and practitioners can engage children in development. Through reports on field research as well as a critical engagement with theories in development studies and childhood studies, contributors contest normative assumptions about childhood and global development. They tease out and tease apart the complex social, historical, cultural, economic, epidemiological, ecological, geopolitical, and institutional processes transforming what it means to be young in the world today. Showcasing research from both established scholars and early career researchers, and with particular prominence given to the work of authors from the global south, this book will be an essential reference for policymakers, practitioners, and for researchers and students across childhood studies, education, geography, sociology, and global development.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Karen Wells |
| Date Deposited: | 22 May 2024 18:28 |
| Last Modified: | 22 May 2024 18:28 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/53219 |
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