The Government of Childhood: Discourse, Power and Subjectivity (Studies in Childhood and Youth)

by K Smith

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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.
  • ISBN13 9781137312266
  • Publish Date 6 October 2014
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 266
  • Language English