Description |
xix, 354 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Children and change --2. Ways of understanding society and understanding children -- 3. Australian society, children's services, and child care -- 4. Social class, inequality and children -- 5. The family, the welfare state and children -- 6. Divorce and children : the early childhood perspective -- 7. Ethnicity and children : national and international perspectives --8. Aboriginal families -- 9. Technology, society and children -- 10. A community profile and children's services project / [written] with Anne Carrington --Conclusions |
Summary |
An introduction to selected aspects of the early childhood context in Australia. It is a first step towards filling the need for introductory sociological texts designed specifically for early childhood and family studies students. Each chapter has practical exercises to help make material concrete and relevant |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [334]-349) and index |
Subject |
Aboriginal Australians.
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Child welfare -- Australia.
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Children -- Social aspects -- Australia.
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Children -- Services for -- Australia.
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Children -- Australia -- Social conditions.
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Families -- Australia.
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Families, Aboriginal Australian.
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LC no. |
00300304 |
ISBN |
1876033037 |
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