CHYS 2P38 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Street Children, Social Reproduction, Structural Adjustment
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Children at risk, children as risks opposition to normative social meanings: Blog topic is totally up to you, provided that it reflects the content of this course, and takes up some of the conceptual or topical directions taken. Please refrain from writing on developmental topics or concepts (i. e. what would be better suited for another course) Writing for a non-academic audience (i. e. not an essay) see unicef blog. Sharon stevens, in children and the politics of culture (1995) argues that children who are out of place are seen both at risk, and as risks. At risk of poor physical, mental social health outcomes, sexual or economic exploitation. As risks as potential criminals, or as embarrassing reminders of failed governance. Wells- the street is a metaphor for the public sphere, in contrast to the private space of the family, to which the modern child properly belongs.