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Livre 86 sur 105: Anthropology, Culture and Society

Gilliam, Laura; Gullov, Eva

 
9780745336091: Children of the Welfare State: Civilising Practices in Schools, Childcare and Families

Synopsis

Children of the Welfare State uses the case of Denmark--employed as emblematic of the European state--to consider the ways in which children are "civilized" within child-focused institutions, such as schools, daycare, and the family unit, under the auspices of the welfare state. Through deep ethnographic studies, the authors build a clear account of children's experiences at a variety of ages, different genders, and from differing ethnic and social backgrounds. Ultimately they show that even though Danish welfare institutions are marked by a strong egalitarian ideal, they nonetheless tend to reproduce dominant norms of social class and distinctions of ethnicity and religion.

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À propos de l'auteur

Laura Gilliam is associate professor in the Department of Education at the University of Aarhus, Denmark.

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