From Children's Services to Children's Spaces : Public Policy, Children and Childhood

At the turn of the millennium, attitudes and actions towards children are increasingly contradictory and complex. This work explores these apparent contradictions and complexities through a critique of the concept of children's services.
Content: Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 In praise of many possibilities; 2 The need for some theory; 3 Children who do we think they are; 5 An alternative discourse; 6 Children's culture and some other possibilities; 7 Pedagogues and pedagogy; 8 The case of Sweden; 9 Unfinished business; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Abstract: This book explores the apparent contradictions and complexities highlighted in the current attitudes and actions towards children: increasing attention is paid to children's rights, but they face more and more regulation and normalisation.