Thatcher's Children?: Politics, Childhood And Society In The 1980s And 1990sThat childhood is a social construction is understood both by social scientists and in society generally. The authors of this book examine the political issues surrounding childhood, including law making, social policy, government provisions and political activism.; This text examines current social and political issues involving childhood. It looks at the impact of the "New Right" who talk of family values, parent power in schools, irresponsible provision of contraception to young girls and the increase in child violence as a result of mass media. It also considers the response of the caring professions and the "Modern Left" who campaign, amongst other things, for the establishment of children's rights. |
Contents
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Dont Try to Understand Them Politics Childhood and the New Education Market | 8 |
Keeping It in the Family Thatcherism and the Children Act 1989 | 29 |
The New Politics of Child Protection | 43 |
Back to the Future? Youth Crime Youth Justice and the Rediscovery of Authoritarian Populism | 61 |
Gillick and After Children and Sex in the 1980s and 1990s | 77 |
Growing Pains The Developing Childrens Rights Movement in the UK | 94 |
The Politics of Child Poverty 19791995 | 114 |
Killing the Age of Innocence Newspaper Reporting of the Death of James Bulger | 134 |
Ive Just Seen a Hole in the Reality Barrier Children Childishness and the Media in the Ruins of the Twentieth Century | 155 |
Thatchers Working Children Contemporary Issues of Child Labour | 172 |
Child Prostitution and Tourism Beyond the Stereotypes | 201 |
Notes on Contributors | 223 |
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