Childhood in a Global Perspective

The second edition of this compelling and popular book offers a
unique global perspective on children?s lives throughout the
world. It shows how the notion of childhood is being radically
re-shaped, in part as a consequence of globalization.

Taking an engaging historical and comparative approach, the book
explores social issues such as how children are constituted as
raced, classed and gendered subjects; how children?s
involvement in war is connected to the globalization of capitalism
and organized crime; and how school and work operate as sites for
the governing of childhood. The book discusses wide-ranging topics
including children?s rights, the family, children and war,
child labour and young people?s activism around the globe. In
addition to updated literature throughout, the revised edition
includes new chapters on migration and trafficking, and the role of
play.

The book will continue to be of great value to students and
scholars in the fields of sociology, geography, social policy and
development studies. It will also be a valuable companion to
practitioners of international development and social work, as well
as to anyone interested in childhood in the contemporary world.