1st Edition
The Politics of Childhoods Real and Imagined Practical Application of Critical Realism and Childhood Studies
Part III: Background 8. Introduction Part IV: Childhoods in the Real ‘Adult’ World 9. Ecology: human relations with nature 10. Economics: interpersonal, international and intergenerational relations 11. Emergence: social structures 12. Ethics and emancipation: Reimaging the politics of childhood Glossary
Biography
Priscilla Alderson is Professor Emerita of Childhood Studies at the Social Science Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education, London. She teaches on an international MA in the Sociology of Childhood and Children's Rights and her work on children's competence, wisdom and rights has been widely published. She also convenes the critical realism reading group founded by Roy Bhaskar at IOE, which meets on alternate Mondays for PhD students. Visiting academics and online contacts are very welcome.
"The manner in which the author calls the political problems to be solved and reasoned is impressive and has great persuasive power." - Prof. Dr. Manfred Liebel, University of Berlin, Germany
