ABSTRACT
Bridging the gap between studies orientated around parenthood and those on the ’globalization’ of childhood, Parenting After the Century of the Child provides a timely intervention to the scholarship. It explores in depth negotiations of travelling ideals on childhood, showing the power of institutional implementations that affect parenting practices. Drawing on the latest research conducted in Europe, North and South America, Africa, and South East Asia, this book examines ideas currently travelling across the globe within institutional settings, providing new insights into the dynamics and ambivalences involved in the simultaneous reframing of childhood and parenthood. This truly global volume will appeal to anthropologists and sociologists with interests in gender, childhood studies and the sociology of the family.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|68 pages
Travelling Ideals about Relatedness, Family and Parenting Obligations
chapter Chapter 4|22 pages
No School without Foster Families in Northern Benin: A Social Historical Approach
chapter Chapter 5|22 pages
Growing up Nuclear? Young Czechs' and Tunisians' Visions of Family, Parenting and Gender Roles
part II|82 pages
Negotiating Responsibilities in Education and Child Welfare Institutions
chapter Chapter 8|22 pages
Privatizing Parenthood – Modernizing Childhood? Paradoxes of School Reform in Eastern Germany 1
part III|40 pages
Translating International Legislation to Local Settings