Hidden Hands
International Perspectives on Children's Work and Labour
Published on 7. June 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
206 pages
978-0-415-24244-8 (ISBN)
Description
Hidden Hands focuses on a specific and neglected area of contemporary child welfare; that of children's paid work and labour. This book provides the first cross-cultural examination of children's productive activities, their relationship to children's broader social lives, and their implications for the child's education, welfare and well-being. The contributors look at the situation both here and overseas. They discuss issues including conflicts between schooling, education and work in the UK, child poverty, motivating children to work, children from ethnic minorities, the work and labour of children in industrialised countries and the situation in the US, Denmark, Germany and Russia.
The growth in the study of childhood encompasses anthropology, sociology, social policy and social work, as well as education. This book will be of use in all of these areas.
The growth in the study of childhood encompasses anthropology, sociology, social policy and social work, as well as education. This book will be of use in all of these areas.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-24244-8 (9780415242448)
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Angela Bolton | Phillip Mizen | Christopher Pole
Hidden Hands
International Perspectives on Children's Work and Labour
E-Book
01/2002
Routledge
€68.49
Available for download
Angela Bolton | Phillip Mizen | Christopher Pole
Hidden Hands
International Perspectives on Children's Work and Labour
E-Book
01/2002
Routledge
€68.49
Available for download
Angela Bolton | Phillip Mizen | Christopher Pole
Hidden Hands
International Perspectives on Children's Work and Labour
Book
06/2001
Routledge
€272.00
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Persons
Dr Mizen is a lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Warwick. He has published widely in the areas of children's work, youth unemployment and training, including Young People, Training and the State, (Cassell 1995)
Dr Pole is a lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leicester. He previously worked for NFER and the Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research. His publications include: Assessing and Recording Achievement: A New Approach in School (OUP 1993) and two edited volumes for RoultldgeFalmer on key issues in primary and secondary education (1996) .
Ms Angela Bolton is an associate fellow at the University of Warwick. She was Project Officer at the National Association for the Education of Sick Children.
All are involved in dissemination of material from a recently completed research project entitled Work, Labour and Economic Life in Late Childhood funded under the Economic and Social Research Council
Dr Pole is a lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leicester. He previously worked for NFER and the Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research. His publications include: Assessing and Recording Achievement: A New Approach in School (OUP 1993) and two edited volumes for RoultldgeFalmer on key issues in primary and secondary education (1996) .
Ms Angela Bolton is an associate fellow at the University of Warwick. She was Project Officer at the National Association for the Education of Sick Children.
All are involved in dissemination of material from a recently completed research project entitled Work, Labour and Economic Life in Late Childhood funded under the Economic and Social Research Council
Content
Introduction; 1. Schooling, Education and Work: Conflicts and Compatibilities; 2. Children, Poverty and Work; 3. 'I Just Wanted to Buy My Own Things': Money, Motivations and Work; 4. Young Carers, Children With Responsibilities; 5. 'Helping Out': Work and Labour for Ethnic Minorities; 6. Misjudgement and Colonisation of Children's Schoolwork: Causes and Consequences; 7. Adolescents, Work and Family Life: Perspectives on Children's Work and Labour in the USA; 8. Children, Communities and Participation: Children's Work and Labour in Denmark; 9. Redrawing the Boundaries: Children's Work and Labour in Modern Germany; 10. The Causes and Consequences of Child Work and Labour in Russia