Childhood, Generational Order and the Welfare State Qvortrup Jens
Childhood, Generational Order and the Welfare State Qvortrup Jens So far, research on the welfare state has usually neglected children and childhood. However, only a full recognition of children as…
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Childhood, Generational Order and the Welfare State Qvortrup Jens
So far, research on the welfare state has usually neglected children and childhood. However, only a full recognition of children as human beings and citizens here and now are compatible with new social studies of childhood as well as children's rights discourses. In the rare attempts to include childhood in welfare state analysis, too much emphasis was placed on children as future adults.
This book closes the gap by offering the concept of generational order as theoretical tool to both childhood and welfare state research. Thus the conceptual integration of children and childhood in the welfare state is still an open question. In analogy to gender analysis, this concept is an adequate tool in providing visibility to the adult bias of traditional welfare state theories and practices.
The book includes contributors from ten predominantly European countries, exploring issues of children's
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