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Julia Brannen, Peter Moss
Julia Brannen, Peter Moss
ISBN: 9780335209873
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Open University Press
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Children's care in the 21st century is increasingly a public issue as well as parents' private concern. A dearth of care looms large as Britain rapidly turns into an overworked society. Drawing on a range of key studies carried out in a variety of care contexts, this work examines care from the perspectives of children, parents, and care workers.
"! the book successfully presents clear and convincing arguments about the need to re-direct childhood studies and children's care towards an appreciation of children and care, by providing a careful and very thorough examination of care theory, policy, practice and research." - "Network". Children's care in the 21st century is increasingly a public issue as well as parents' private concern. A limited vision of children as the responsibility of mothers held sway in Britain long after mothers joined the workforce. Formal childcare is now growing but in the context of care work continuing to be low qualified and low status. A dearth of care looms large as Britain rapidly turns into an overworked society.This critically orientated book draws on a range of key empirical studies carried out in a variety of care contexts. It examines care from the perspectives of children, parents and care workers. It also takes an historical perspective. The discussion is situated in an analysis of economic, social and political change, from modernity to late modernity. It focuses on four key issues: the conceptualisation of care; how care translates its public policy; the nature of the care relationship; how care might be transformed in the future. "Rethinking Children's Care" will be of interest to students of childhood studies, the sociology of childhood and child welfare. It is also directly relevant to policy makers, trainers and researchers as well as practitioners involved in children's care.
| ISBN | 0335209874 | | Pages | 224 | | ISBN13 | 9780335209873
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Open University Press | | Weight (grammes) | 368 | | Imprint | Open University Press | | Published in | Milton Keynes | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 230 | | Publication date | 01 Nov 2002 | | Width (mm) | 153 | | Library of Congress | HQ778.7.G7 | | Spine width (mm) | 14 | | DEWEY | 362.7120941 | | Academic level | Tertiary education | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| | | Notes on contributors | | | | Ch. 1 | | Concepts, relationships and policies by Peter Moss and Julia Brannen | | 1 | | Pt. I | | Care and the development of social policy | | 23 | | Ch. 2 | | Getting beyond childcare: reflections on recent policy and future possibilities by Peter Moss | | 25 | | Ch. 3 | | The care of the illegitimate child: the Coram experience 1900-45 by Christine Oliver | | 44 | | Ch. 4 | | Social pedagogy: an historical account of care and education as social control by Pat Petrie | | 61 | | Ch. 5 | | An historical perspective on changing child care policy by Claire Cameron | | 80 | | Pt. II | | Explorations in formal care | | 97 | | Ch. 6 | | Men in the nursery by Charlie Owen | | 99 | | Ch. 7 | | Caring for children in need: the case of sponsored day care by June Statham | | 114 | | Ch. 8 | | Mother, teacher, nurse? How childminders define their role by Ann Mooney | | 131 | | Ch. 9 | | Promoting children's health through nursing care by Helen Chalmers and Peter Aggleton | | 146 | | Pt. III | | Care and family life | | 163 | | Ch. 10 | | Care-giving and independence in four-generation families by Julia Brannen and Peter Moss and Ann Mooney | | 165 | | Ch. 11 | | Concepts of care and children's contribution to family life by Julia Brannen and Ellen Heptinstall | | 183 | | Ch. 12 | | Some thoughts on rethinking children's care by Julia Brannen and Peter Moss | | 198 | | | | Index | | 210 |
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