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Children and Young People's Worlds, Paperback by Kucirkova, Natalia (CON); Mo.... Children and Young People's Worlds, Paperback by Kucirkova, Natalia (CON); Morrow, Virginia (CON); I’anson, John (CON); Pells, Kirrily (CON); Huijsmans, Roy (CON), ISBN 1447348451, ISBN-13 9781447348450, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Created for an Open U. module of the same name, which forms part of the Masters qualification in childhood and youth studies, this textbook contains 17 chapters by education, anthropology, sociology, geography, and psychology researchers mainly from the UK, who address aspects of children and young people's worlds, with an emphasis on their agency; social, cultural, emotional, and financial forms of capital; their transnational experiences; their voices and experiences; and the need for academic integration and dialogue. Focusing on children in the UK, they address childhood and youth studies in psychology, children's and young people's cultures, disabled children, children's rights and cultural relativism, race, sexuality, gender identity, immigration, spirituality, food, mental health, family life, the relationships between social and economic inequalities and social and cultural capital and how they can be used to understand experiences at school and in the community, how children are positioned in political discourse and can be seen as political, the impact of violence on children and young people, and their engagement with technology. This edition has been updated to incorporate new topics and issues, including developments in the way children and young people's lives have been theorized and understood; their engagement in all aspects of contemporary cultures, including spiritual and ; and the impact of recent political, economic, and social change. Distributed in North America by University of Chicago Press. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()