Global Childhoods In International Perspective: Universality, Diversity And Inequalities

Global Childhoods in International Perspectivegathers a wide spectrum of contributorsfrom Europe, the U.S., South Asia, South Africa and Latin America, who, attuned with present dilemmas in the area of childhood studies, discuss some key theoretical and empirical aspects of child scholarship, such as identity, child wellbeing, child mobility and migration, intergenerational relationships and child abuse. Through these expert contributions, the bookexplores the many ways in which the relationship between universality and particularities of childhood plays an important role in describing global childhoods. The book highlights childhood as a cross-cutting issue in global sociology withchapters on globalization and schooling in Burkina Faso, child abuse andneglect in India,identity and integration amongchildren of African immigrants in France, social class mobility of Filipino migrant children inItaly and France, and an investigation intoKyrgyz childhoods. Ideal reading for researchers, practitioners and students interested in both childhood studies and the other areas including community research, sociology of education, social stratification, and the sociology of migration.