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The ecology of childhood : how our changing world threatens children's rights / Barbara Bennett Woodhouse.

By: Series: Families, law, and society seriesPublisher: New York : New York University Press, [2020]Description: xvi, 357 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780814794845
  • 081479484X
Subject(s):
Contents:
How a Comparative Study of Childhood Became a Story of Global Crisis -- Tools for Studying Childhood -- A Tale of Two Villages -- The Magic of Mesosystems, Seedbeds of Solidarity -- Falling Birthrates and Rural Depopulation -- The Role of Family Supportive Policies in the Decision to Have Children -- Children of the Great American Recession -- The Great Recession Crosses the Atlantic -- Globalization: The Elephant in the Playroom -- The Role of Children's Rights -- How the CRC Affects Actual Children's Lives -- Building Small Worlds in Urban Spaces -- Why Big Ideas Matter to Small Scale Local Initiatives -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: "The Ecology of childhood explores the topics of environmental sustainability and children's rights"--Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: Sustainability
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

How a Comparative Study of Childhood Became a Story of Global Crisis -- Tools for Studying Childhood -- A Tale of Two Villages -- The Magic of Mesosystems, Seedbeds of Solidarity -- Falling Birthrates and Rural Depopulation -- The Role of Family Supportive Policies in the Decision to Have Children -- Children of the Great American Recession -- The Great Recession Crosses the Atlantic -- Globalization: The Elephant in the Playroom -- The Role of Children's Rights -- How the CRC Affects Actual Children's Lives -- Building Small Worlds in Urban Spaces -- Why Big Ideas Matter to Small Scale Local Initiatives -- Acknowledgments.