The Government Of Childhood: Discourse, Power And Subjectivity (Studies In Childhood And Youth)

Grounded in the Foucauldian literature on governmentality and drawing on a broad range of disciplines, this book examines the government of childhood in the West from the early modern period to the present. The book deals with three key time-periods and examines shifts in the conceptualization and regulation of childhood and child-rearing.

• • Author: K. Smith
• • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• • Publication Date: Oct 06, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 276 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1349457221
• • ISBN-13: 9781349457229