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  • Working with Childrenby Tom Billington

    SAGE Publications 2006; US$ 50.00

    Written for professionals working with children and young people who require support, assessment or intervention at home or in school, this interdisciplinary book explores everything from the legislative background and foundations of ideas in the social sciences, to dealing with children's distress, fear or special needs in professional practice. more...

  • Studying Childhood and Early Childhoodby Ms Kay Sambell; Sue Miller; Mel Gibson

    SAGE Publications 2005; US$ 31.95

    "An excellent contribution to the literature, the text is clear and dynamic.  Extremely useful for new students, those wanting to work in Children's Services and those returning to study." -Margy Whalley Pen Green Centre, Corby Are you looking for a handy guide to childhood and early childhood studies? Concentrating on the skills that students... more...

  • Child Care Todayby Penelope Leach

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 16.95

    Penelope Leach, the universally admired author of the best-selling classic Your Baby and Child, diagnoses the state of child care in America and the world today. Who is caring for today?s children? How well are they succeeding? What does care cost, and who is paying for it? Leach answers these and other urgent questions with facts and figures... more...

  • Young Children's Rightsby Priscilla Alderson; Rob Gayton; Mary John

    Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2008; US$ 39.95

    This readable, informative and thought-provoking book is a compelling invitation to rethink our attitudes to young children's rights in the light of new theories, research and practical evidence about children's daily lives. It will be of interest to anyone who works with young children. more...

  • Children, Place and Identityby Jonathan Scourfield; Bella Dicks; Mark Drakeford; Andrew Davies

    Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 59.95

    In this, the first sociology book to consider the important issue of how children identify with place and nation, the authors use original research and international case studies to explore this topic in depth. The book is rooted in original qualitative research the authors conducted with a diverse sample of children (aged eight to eleven) across... more...

  • A Historical Sociology of Childhoodby André Turmel

    Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 34.00

    Shows how developments in scientific observation and public policy have transformed our view of childhood. more...

  • The Child in International Political Economyby Alison M.S. Watson

    Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 145.00

    This pioneering volume argues for the inclusion of children, and the structure known as ?childhood?, as a permanent social category worthy of continued study within the discipline of international political economy (IPE). Fundamentally, and very simply, IPE is concerned with the dynamics of interaction across the economic and political domains; the... more...

  • Understanding Early Childhoodby Helen Penn

    McGraw-Hill Education 2008; US$ 158.00

    Offers an introduction to the concepts and theories in early childhood education. Drawing on research evidence from various countries and reviewing studies about children - including anthropology, economics, history, psychology and sociology - this title offers perspectives on the ways in which we understand and study young children. more...

  • Between Parent and Childby Dr. Haim G Ginott; Alice Ginott

    Crown Publishing Group 2009; US$ 14.00

    Over the past thirty-five years, Between Parent and Child has helped millions of parents around the world strengthen their relationships with their children. Written by renowned psychologist Dr. Haim Ginott, this revolutionary book offered a straightforward prescription for empathetic yet disciplined child rearing and introduced new communication... more...