Unequal Childhoods Young Children's Lives in Poor Countries
An expert in her field, Helen Penn discusses the inequalities between and within countries of childhood poverty and how this poverty is recognized and defined through the following case-studies: Kazakhstan - once part of the Soviet Union Swaziland - a country in Southern Africa devastated by HIV and...
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| Format: | eBook Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Routledge
2005
Taylor and Francis Taylor & Francis Group |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Series: | Contesting Early Childhood |
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| ISBN: | 9780415321020, 0415321018, 0415321026, 9780415321013, 9780520239500, 0520239504 |
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Table of Contents:
- Early education and childcare in Swaziland -- The role of NGOs and INGOs in Swaziland -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 India -- Introduction -- Beginning-the trap of 'backwardness' -- Learning -- Realization -- Investigations on the impact of family structures -- Dropping-out -- Work and play -- Self-confidence -- Doing well at school -- Disability -- Birth rates and population myths -- The hostile education system -- The incursions of modernity -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Childhood and social inequality in Brazil -- A brief state of the art -- Social inequality in Brazil -- Inequality and race -- Children under 6 years old -- Income distribution -- Living conditions -- Housing -- Mortality -- Malnutrition -- Early childhood care and education -- Overcoming inequality -- Economic growth -- Birth control -- Public policies -- Conclusion -- Twenty cardinal sins -- Chapter 9 The ethics of intervention -- Introduction -- Understanding the arguments -- The power of consumers -- Giving -- Early childhood colleagues and collaborators -- What kind of early childhood projects? -- Support for time-poor working women with young children -- Support for orphans and vulnerable children -- Support for existing care workers -- Making existing systems work for the poor -- What kind of standards? -- Evaluation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Global inequalities -- What causes inequality? -- What is globalization? -- Financial markets -- International trade -- Inward investment -- Telecommunications and travel -- International crime -- The USA empire -- The dominance of English -- The economic development arguments -- Globalization-another picture -- Chapter 2 Interpreting poverty -- Poverty and inequality -- Measuring poverty and inequality in the North -- Targeted early childhood interventions to address child poverty in the USA and the UK -- Measuring poverty and inequality in the South -- Chronic poverty: the poorest of the poor -- Applying targeted models from the North to the South to reduce child poverty -- Targeted early interventions as a solution to poverty: some views from the South -- Chapter 3 Understanding early childhood -- The science of child development -- Early experience: is it long-lasting? -- Ideas about parenting -- The ideal family -- The ideal child -- The ideal surroundings -- Developmentally appropriate practice -- Another vision of childhood -- Chapter 4 Lending a helping hand -- What the critics say -- Cycles of aid -- The big-time aid agencies -- The World Bank -- The United Nations family -- The international consultants -- Corporate charity -- The early childhood organizations -- Do INGOs work? -- How governments give aid -- A helping hand? -- Chapter 5 Kazakhstan -- Background -- Early childhood services -- Government responses to the provision of preschool education -- Parents' and preschool teachers' views of preschool services -- The role of NGOs and INGOs in Kazakhstan -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Swaziland -- Introduction: the governance of Swaziland -- HIV/AIDS in Swaziland -- Childhood in Swaziland