From Children's Services to Children's Spaces

by Moss,Peter

• ISBN13: 9780415247825
• ISBN10: 0415247829
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2002-07-26
• Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer

Summary

At the turn of the century, attitudes and actions towards children are increasingly contradictory and complex. On the one hand, increasing attention is paid to children's rights, children's participation and children's agency; on the other, children face increasing surveillance, regulation and normalization. This book explores these apparent contradictions and complexities through a critique of the concept of 'children's services', from the researcher in this field of study.

Author Biography

Pat Petrie is Reader in Education, at the Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education University of London.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
In praise of many possibilities	1	(16)
The need for some theory	17	(38)
Children -- who do we think they are?	55	(26)
A case study: the dominant discourse revealed in four English policy documents	81	(20)
An alternative discourse	101	(12)
Children's culture and some other possibilities	113	(24)
Pedagogues and pedagogy	137	(11)
The case of Sweden	148	(16)
Unfinished business	164	(22)
Notes	186	(2)
Bibliography	188	(9)
Index	197