Key issues in childhood and youth studies. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Derek Kassem, Lisa Murphy, and Elizabeth Taylor.
• Other Names: Kassem, Derek; Murphy, Lisa, 1969-; Taylor, Elizabeth, 1970-
• Contents: In the beginning? The origins of childhood / John Clarke -- The building blocks : construction of childhood / Shirley J Pressler -- A mixed life : race, racism, and mixed heritage / Derek Kassem -- Mind games : the psychology of the child / Diahann Gallard -- Inborn or bred : the development of speech and language / Lisa Murphy -- Coming of age : childhood sexuality / John Clarke -- The nanny state? Children and the notion of risk / Andrew Kennedy -- Not seen, not heard : the child and protection / Lynne Kendal -- The parent of last resort : life as a looked-after child / Derek Kassem -- Healthy in body, healthy in? / John Harrison -- The devil wears a hoodie : the social construction of deviant identities / John Robinson -- Up against the wall : the testing regime of childhood / Terry Wrigley -- Rightfully mine! The rights of the child / Heather Montgomery -- The have-not nots : childhood and youth poverty in the UK / Diane Grant -- Brutalized childhoods : the Palestinian experience / Samir Qouta -- The death of childhood : childhood in the context of HIV/AIDS / Gabriella Torstensson -- To go or to starve : moving for a better life / Sam Punch.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (220 pages), (2 illustrations)
• Subjects: 305.231; Child development; Children; Child welfare; Adolescent Development; Child Development; Adolescent Behavior; Child Behavior; Child Welfare
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781135265175; 1135265178
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.