Globalization and Children Exploring Potentials for Enhancing Opportunities in the Lives of Children and Youth /

• Main Authors: Kaufman, Natalie Hevener (Author), Rizzini, Irene (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Social groups.; Family.; Youth.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Cross-cultural psychology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology of Familiy, Youth and Aging.; Child and School Psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Cross Cultural Psychology.

ALLISON JAMES Globalization seems to be the word on everyone’s lips, with politicians as much as academics extolling its benefits as well as its contradictions. For some, globali- tion means, in practice, that whether in Bangkok or Boston, in London or Rio, as travelers from wealthy countries they c...

Table of Contents:

• The Global Perspective
• The Impact of Global Economic, Political, and Social Transformations on the Lives of Children
• Globalization in Cross-Cultural Perspective
• The Status of Children in International Law
• Democratization and Children’s Lives
• Global Trends in Children’s Lives
• Children and Family Life
• Civic Participation by Children and Youth
• The Effects of Political and Economic Transformations on Children
• Children and the Media
• Developmental-Ecological Considerations
• Applying the Lens of Global Change to the Actual Lives of Children
• The Transition to “Democracy” in Latin America
• Promises Kept, Promises Broken
• The Effects of Structural Adjustment Programs on the Lives of Children in Jamaica
• Conclusions
• Conclusions.