Children In Families: Research And Policy

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ISBN: 9780750704762 | 0750704764
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Copyright: 2/1/1996

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This work argues that children's needs have often been neglected in the social sciences, especially in the areas of law, social policy and sociology. It presents empirical research on children in contemporary family settings and provides suggestions for future research and policy initiatives.

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
The Postmodern Child	p. 13
References	p. 24
The Politics of Children's Rights	p. 26
Strategies and Structures: towards a New Perspective on Children's Experiences of Family Life	p. 41
The Challenge in Child Research: from 'Being' to 'Doing'	p. 53
References	p. 65
Demographic Change and the Family Situation of Children	p. 66
Children's Constructions of Family and Kinship	p. 84
'Helping Out': Children's Labour Participation in Chinese Take-Away Businesses in Britain	p. 101
Discourses of Adolescence: Young People's Independence and Autonomy within Families	p. 114
Conceptualizing Parenting from the Standpoint of Children: Relationship and Transition in the Life Course	p. 130
The Economic Circumstances of Children in Ten Countries	p. 145
Notes	p. 168
References	p. 169
'Family', State and Social Policy for Children in Greece	p. 171
The Crumbling Bridges between Childhood and Adulthood	p. 189
References	p. 201
Teenage Pregnancy: Do Social Policies Make a Difference?	p. 202
Notes on Contributors	p. 219
Index	p. 221
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