Global changes in children's lives / Uwe P. Gielen and Sunghun Kim.

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TextLanguage: English Series: Cambridge elements.; Elements in psychology and culture | Elements in psychology and culturePublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press; 2019.Description: 88 p. : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:

9781108461634

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23 305.231 GIE

Contents:

1. Introduction 2. Children's Lives in Four contrasting Types of Societies 3. Comparing Families, Children, and Adolescents in Four Types of Evolving Societies 4. Global Changes in Childhood and Adolescence 5. Conclusion: Childhoods and Identities in Motion

Summary: This Element compares the nature of childhood in four representative societies differing in their subsistence activities: bands of Australian hunter-gatherers, Tibetan nomadic pastoralists, peasants and farmers residing in Maya villages and towns, and South Korean students growing up in a digital information society. In addition, the Element traces a variety of intertwined global changes that have led to sharply reduced child mortality rates, shrinking family sizes, contested gender roles, increased marriage ages, long-term enrollment of children (especially girls in educational institutions), and the formation of 'glocal' identities.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Social Sciences	Non-fiction	305.231 GIE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		44074

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1. Introduction
2. Children's Lives in Four contrasting Types of Societies
3. Comparing Families, Children, and Adolescents in Four Types of Evolving Societies
4. Global Changes in Childhood and Adolescence
5. Conclusion: Childhoods and Identities in Motion

This Element compares the nature of childhood in four representative societies differing in their subsistence activities: bands of Australian hunter-gatherers, Tibetan nomadic pastoralists, peasants and farmers residing in Maya villages and towns, and South Korean students growing up in a digital information society. In addition, the Element traces a variety of intertwined global changes that have led to sharply reduced child mortality rates, shrinking family sizes, contested gender roles, increased marriage ages, long-term enrollment of children (especially girls in educational institutions), and the formation of 'glocal' identities.

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