Childhood poverty: multidisciplinary approaches

Part of a three-volume mini series, this study focuses on children and poverty. It shows how poverty affects their development and their lives as children and how children and their families respond to these pressures. It follows twocohorts of children in poor communities in Vietnam, South Africa, Ethiopia, India, and Peru. JO BOYDEN Director of the Young Lives Research Centre, Department of International Development at Oxford University, UK. She is an international expert on issues relating to children in developing countries, how they grow up, the contributions they make to their families, and how they cope with the challenges of daily life. Her published works include 'Child Poverty: Perspectives from Belarus, Bolivia, Sierre Leone, India and Kenya' (with C. Eyber, T. Feeny and C. Scott) as well as 'What Works for Working Children?' (with William Myers and Birgitta Ling). MICHAEL F. C.BOURDILLON Emeritus Professor of Sociology atthe University of Zimbabwe. An academic and activist dedicated to improving the lives of street and working children, he is recognised for his defence of children's right to nurture and to learn the skills they need for a useful lifewherever they are growing up. He has published 'The Rights and Wrongs of Children's Work' (with Deborah Levison, William Myers and Ben White) as well as in'Journal of Children and Poverty and Children's Geographies'. INDICE: Introduction; 'J.Boyden' &' M. Bourdillon - 'PART I: METHODOLOGY -Doing Longitudinal Research: Opportunities and Challenges in a Study of Childhood; 'K.Brock '&' C.Knowles - 'The Ethics of Social Research with Children and Families in Young Lives: Practical Experiences; 'V.Morrow - 'Uncovering the Consequences of Pre-school Malnutrition; 'J.Hoddinott - 'Understanding Child Poverty in Developing Countries: Measurement and Analysis; 'S.Dercon - 'PART II: DYNAMICS OF CHILDHOOD POVERTY - 'Pro-Poor' Growth and Children in DevelopingCountries: The Case of Vietnam; 'P.Glewwe - 'Evidence on Early Childhood Development (ECD) Investment Returns; 'J.R.Behrman - 'Do Economic Shocks Have a Sustained Effect on the Height of 5-year-old Children? Evidence from Rural and Urban Ethiopia; 'T.Woldehanna - 'PART III: CHILDREN'S EXPERIENCES OF POVERTY - Poverty and Developmental Potential; 'P.Engle - 'Poverty, Child Risk, and Resilience in Developing Countries; 'T.D.Wachs - 'Political Economy, Perception, and Social Change as Mediators of Childhood Risk in Andhra Pradesh; 'J.Boyden' &' G.Crivello - 'On Being Despised: Growing up a Congolese Refugee in Dar es Salaam; 'G.Mann - ''Pen, Book, Soap, Good Food, and Encouragement': Understandings of a Good Life for Children Among Parents and Children in Three Ethiopian Communities; 'L.Camfield - ''Ridiculed For Not Having Anything': Children's Views on Poverty and Inequality in Rural India; 'G.Crivello, U.Vennam' &' A.Komanduri - 'Pathways through Early Childhood Education in Ethiopia, India, and Peru: Rights, Equity and Diversity; 'M.Woodhead - 'Explaining and Overcoming Marginalization in Education: Ethnic/Language Minorities in Peru; 'S.Cueto, G.Guerrero, J.León, E.Seguin' &' I.Muñoz - 'Child Agricultural Work in South Africa: A Contested Space; 'A.Dawes, J.Streak, S.Levine' &' D.Ewing - 'Are Work and Schooling Complementary or Competitive for Children in Rural Ethiopia? A Mixed-methods Study; 'K.Orkin - '

• ISBN: 978-0-230-31924-0
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 16/12/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés