1st Edition

Thatcher's Children? Politics, Childhood And Society In The 1980s And 1990s

By Jane Pilcher, Jane Pilcher, Stephen Wagg Copyright 1996
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

That childhood is a social construction is understood both by social scientists and in society generally. The authors of this book examine the political issues surrounding childhood, including law making, social policy, government provisions and political activism.; This text examines current social and political issues involving childhood. It looks at the impact of the "New Right" who talk of... Read more
Thatcher's children? - the study of politics of childhood in the neo-liberal era; testing, testing - politics, childhood and British education 1979- 1995; the politics of the Children's Act; happy families - the politics of child abuse; young thugs go for it - the politics of the young offender; Gillick and after - children and sex; the children's rights movement; child poverty; tabloid constructions of childhood - the case of James Bulger's murder; childhood, media and popular culture; childhood, labour and slavery; children and the sex industry in the Far East.

Biography

Dr Jane Pilcher, Jane Pilcher, Stephen Wagg