Globalization and Children

by Kaufman, Natalie Hevener; Rizzini, Irene

• ISBN13: 9780306473685
• ISBN10: 0306473682
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

The primary aim of Globalization and Children is to present an interdisciplinary analysis of a diverse set of global changes and their effects on the everyday lives of children. Contributors offer guidelines which will enable researchers, policy makers, and other child advocates to increase their understanding of how global change is affecting children and which interventions would be useful in understanding and developing policies that would advance the well-being of children. The book explores and explains how children have been excluded from our conceptualization of the world and our research about globalization. The contributors represent a variety of perspectives from different disciplines including anthropology, sociology, psychology, politics, international relations, law, and economics. Globalization and Children will be an indispensable resource for practitioners and policy makers who are concerned with children and child-related issues, psychologists, sociologists, social workers, and upper-level students in anthropology, sociology, psychology, and education.

Author Biography

Natalie Hevener Kaufman: University of South Carolina Columbia Irene Rizzini: Universidade Santa Ursula, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Table of Contents

I. THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE	1	(68)
The Impact of Global Economic, Political, and Social Transformations on the Lives of Children: A Framework for Analysis	3	(16)
Natalie Hevener Kaufman
Irene Rizzini
Kathleen Wilson
Malcolm Bush
Globalization in Cross-Cultural Perspective	19	(12)
Virginia Murphy-Berman
Natalie Hevener Kaufman
The Status of Children in International Law	31	(16)
Natalie Hevener Kaufman
Democratization and Children's Lives	47	(22)
Gary B. Melton
II. GLOBAL TRENDS IN CHILDREN'S LIVES	69	(46)
Children and Family Life	71	(10)
Arlene Bowers Andrews
Civic Participation by Children and Youth	81	(10)
Susan P. Limber
Natalie Hevener Kaufman
The Effects of Political and Economic Transformations on Children: The Environment	91	(8)
Louise Chawla
Children and the Media	99	(8)
Brian Wilcox
Developmental--Ecological Considerations	107	(8)
Ross Thompson
III. APPLYING THE LENS OF GLOBAL CHANGE TO THE ACTUAL LIVES OF CHILDREN	115	(46)
The Transition to ``Democracy'' in Latin America: Challenges and Implications	117	(12)
Elaine C. Lacy
Promises Kept, Promises Broken: Recent Political and Economic Trends Affecting Children and Youth in Brazil	129	(22)
Irene Rizzini
Gary Barker
The Effects of Structural Adjustment Programs on the Lives of Children in Jamaica	151	(10)
Sian Williams
IV CONCLUSIONS	161	(6)
Conclusions	163	(4)
Natalie Hevener Kaufman
Irene Rizzini
Index	167