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

by Dr Jane Pilcher, Jane Pilcher, Stephen Wagg

Overview

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 family values, parent power in schools, irresponsible provision of contraception to young girls and the increase in child violence as a result of mass media. It also considers the response of the caring professions and the "Modern Left" who campaign, amongst other things, for the establishment of children's rights.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135792206
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/28/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Dr Jane Pilcher, Jane Pilcher, Stephen Wagg

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

Taking as given the social construction of childhood, social scientists look at its political construction in the realms of law making, social policy, government provision, and political activism during two decades of New Right rule in Britain. They explore such issues as family values, parent power in schools, child abuse, young offenders, sex and the under-age, child poverty and prostitution, and child violence and the mass media. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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