Parenting After the Century of the Child

Contents: Parenting after the century of the child: introduction, Tatjana Thelen and Haldis Haukanes Parenthood and childhood: debates within the social sciences, Haldis Haukanes and Tatjana Thelen Part I Travelling Ideals about Relatedness, Family and Parenting Obligations: What is a good mother? Historical shifts, divergent models in urban Japan, Susan D. Holloway, Yoko Yamamoto and Sawako Suzuki No school without foster families in Northern Benin: a social historical approach, Erdmute Alber Growing up nuclear? Young Czechs' and Tunisians' visions of family, parenting and gender roles, Haldis Haukanes and Marit Tjomsland. Part II Negotiating Responsibilities in Education and Child Welfare Institutions: Child welfare, biopower and mestizo relatedness in Quito, Ecuador, Esben Leifsen 'In the best interests of the child': intergenerational legacies of past Aboriginal child removal policies in Australia, Tiffany McComsey 'Privatizing parenthood - modernizing childhood? Paradoxes of school reform in Eastern Germany, Tatjana Thelen Representations of parenting practices of native and immigrant families in institutional care service settings in Barcelona, Marta Bertran. Part III Translating International Legislation to Local Settings: Custody and coming of age: 3 American cases, Randy Frances Kandel and Anne Griffiths Child rights or wrongs: dilemmas in implementing support for children in the Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania, in the era of globalised AIDS approaches, Mai Bente Snipstad, Gro Th. Lie and Dagfinn Winje Index

Immigration · Negotiation · Nuclear family · Political science · Sociology · Vision · Welfare · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics · Childhood · Children · Cross-cultural studies · Études transculturelles · Parent and child · Parenting · Parents et enfants · Rôle parental