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Author Penn, Helen.

Title Unequal childhoods : young children's lives in poor countries / Helen Penn
Edition 1st ed
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 219 pages)
Series Contesting early childhood series
Contesting early childhood.
Contents Global inequalities -- Interpreting poverty -- Understanding early childhood -- Lending a helping hand -- Kazakhstan -- Swaziland -- India -- childhood and social inequality in Brazil -- The ethics of intervention
Summary While problems of childhood poverty are most widespread in developing countries, formidable inequalities exist in more prosperous countries. A major aim of the book is to address the question of unequal childhoodsand the ways in which they are
Notes Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-208) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Children -- Developing countries -- Social conditions
Children -- Developing countries -- Case studies
Child development.
Cross-cultural studies.
International cooperation.
Children.
Developing Countries
Child Welfare
Child Development
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Early Intervention, Educational
International Cooperation
Socioeconomic Factors
Child
children (people by age group)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Children's Studies.
International cooperation
Cross-cultural studies
Child development
Children
Children -- Social conditions
Kinderen.
Armoede.
Sociale ongelijkheid.
Developing countries
Ontwikkelingslanden.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Case studies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004022286
ISBN 0203465342
9780203465349
9780415321020
0415321026
9786610171040
6610171041