Growing Up in Lockdown
Growing Up in Lockdown

Author: Jennie Bristow

Publisher: Academy of Ideas Ltd

Published: 2021-02-11

Total Pages: 18

ISBN-13:

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In this Letter, Jennie Bristow argues that, although the costs of lockdowns are tremendous, especially on young people, we should be wary of narratives that frame young people as especially vulnerable to the effects of the pandemic. This framing robs young people both of agency and of the space they need to grow and develop independently. She argues that the unique challenges of both the pandemic situation and its aftermath will require young people and adults alike to throw off a 'safety-first' mindset.

Cabin Fever
Cabin Fever

Author: Paul Crawford

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2021-03-18

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 1800713541

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Cabin fever occurs at sea, on land, in the air, in space. Principally, it occurs in our minds. This book examines ‘cabin fever’ in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and the greatest confinement of people to their homes in history. It provides a timely account of the threat of cabin fever during lockdown.

The New Common
The New Common

Author: Emile Aarts

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-03-19

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 3030653552

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This open access book presents the scientific views of some fifty experts on how they believe the COVID-19 pandemic is currently affecting society, and how it will continue to do so in the years to come. Using the concept of a “common” (in the sense of common values, common places, common goods, and common sense), they elaborate on the transition from an Old Common to a New Common. In carefully crafted chapters, the authors address expected shifts in major fields like health, education, finance, business, work, and citizenship, applying concepts from law, psychology, economics, sociology, religious studies, and computer science to do so. Many of the authors anticipate an acceleration of the digital transformation in the forthcoming years, but at the same time, they argue that a successful shift to a new common can only be achieved by re-evaluating life on our planet, strengthening resilience at an individual level, and assuming more responsibility at a societal level.

African Children at Work
African Children at Work

Author: Gerd Spittler

Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 3643902050

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Most children in Africa start working from a very early age, helping the family or earning wages. Should this work be abolished, tolerated, or encouraged? Such questions are the subject of much debate. International and national organizations, employers, parents, and children often have diverse opinions and put pressure in different directions. The contributions in this book offer intensive fieldwork and careful analysis of children's activities, considering childhood and family, work and play, work in rural and urban contexts, paths to learning, work and school, and children's rights. (Series: Reports on African Studies / Beitrage zur Afrikaforschung - Vol. 52)

Young People and the Struggle for Participation
Young People and the Struggle for Participation

Author: Andreas Walther

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-07-10

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 0429777957

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Young People and the Struggle for Participation rethinks dominant concepts and meanings of participation by exploring what young people do in public spaces and what these spaces mean to them, individually and collectively. This book discusses how different spaces and places structure and are in turn structured by young peoples’ activities. Drawing on findings from a comparative study in eight European cities, insights into different styles of youth participation emerging from formal, non-formal and informal settings are presented. The book provides a comparative analysis of how transnational discourses, national welfare states and local youth policies affect youth participation. It also investigates how it comes about that young people get involved in different forms of participation in the course of their biographies. This book will appeal to academics, researchers and post-graduate students in the fields of youth studies, community studies, sociology of education, political science, social work, psychology and anthropology.

Reconceptualising Agency and Childhood
Reconceptualising Agency and Childhood

Author: Florian Esser

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-02-22

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1317524411

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By regarding children as actors and conducting empirical research on children’s agency, Childhood Studies have gained significant influence on a wide range of different academic disciplines. This has made agency one of the key concepts of Childhood Studies, with articles on the subject featured in handbooks and encyclopaedias. Reconceptualising Agency and Childhood is the first collection devoted to the central concept of agency in Childhood Studies. With contributions from experts in the field, the chapters cover theoretical, practical, historical, transnational and institutional dimensions of agency, rekindling discussion and introducing fundamental and contemporary sociological perspectives to the field of research. Particular attention is paid to connecting agency in the social sciences with Childhood Studies, considering both the theoretical foundations and the practice of research into agency. Empirical case studies are also explored, which focus upon child protection, schools and childcare at a variety of institutions worldwide. This book is an essential reference for students and scholars of Childhood Studies, and is also relevant to Sociology, Social Work, Education, Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) and Geography. Chapter 6 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

The Corona Generation
The Corona Generation

Author: Jennie Bristow

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2020-11-27

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13: 1789046947

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It is already clear that the COVID-19 crisis will have huge social and economic implications. The Corona Generation considers its effect on the generation currently coming of age: the demographic currently known as ‘Generation Z’. A generation that was already considered to be teetering on the brink of an uncertain political, economic, and environmental future now finds itself entering an adulthood in which nothing can be taken for granted; where continuous crisis management is already presented as the ‘new normal’.

Growing Up and Getting By
Growing Up and Getting By

Author: John Horton

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2022-10

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1447352904

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This book explores how children, young people and families cope with situations of socio-economic poverty and precarity in diverse international contexts and looks at the evidence of the harms and inequalities caused by these processes.

Urban Playground
Urban Playground

Author: Tim Gill

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-03-03

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1000222160

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What type of cities do we want our children to grow up in? Car-dominated, noisy, polluted and devoid of nature? Or walkable, welcoming, and green? As the climate crisis and urbanisation escalate, cities urgently need to become more inclusive and sustainable. This book reveals how seeing cities through the eyes of children strengthens the case for planning and transportation policies that work for people of all ages, and for the planet. It shows how urban designers and city planners can incorporate child friendly insights and ideas into their masterplans, public spaces and streetscapes. Healthier children mean happier families, stronger communities, greener neighbourhoods, and an economy focused on the long-term. Make cities better for everyone.

Lockdown Baby (Mother and Baby Version)
Lockdown Baby (Mother and Baby Version)

Author: Laura Feldman

Publisher: Laura Feldman

Published: 2023-04-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780645680966

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Lockdown Baby is a heartfelt book about welcoming a newborn baby during the Covid-19 pandemic, painting a picture of how things were during the historical time.Beautifully illustrated and told through rhyme, this keepsake book will be treasured for years to come.(The Mother & Baby Version doesn't include illustrations of Dad)