MACMILLAN Global Childhoods beyond the North-South Divide (Palgrave Studies on Children and Development)

This book explores children’s lives across the Global North and Global South in the context of academic discussions of childhoods. The edited volume offers a unique selection of materials suitable for teaching in the areas of children, childhoods, young people, families, and education in a global context, as well as specific aspects of international development and social policy. While the focus of the project is conceptual rather than practical, the holistic understanding of childhoods that it encourages should also enable practitioners to better ensure that they are improving the lives of the children. From the Back Cover This book explores children’s lives across the Global North and Global South in the context of academic discussions of childhoods. The edited volume offers a unique selection of materials suitable for teaching in the areas of children, childhoods, young people, families, and education in a global context, as well as specific aspects of international development and social policy. While the focus of the project is conceptual rather than practical, the holistic understanding of childhoods that it encourages should also enable practitioners to better ensure that they are improving the lives of the children. About the Author Afua Twum-Danso Imoh is Lecturer in the Sociology of Childhood at the University of Sheffield, UK Michael Bourdillon is Professor Emeritus at the University of Zimbabwe, ZimbabweSylvia Meichsner is Research Associate at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico