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Governing Childhood into the 21st Century: Biopolitical Technologies of Childhood Management and Education (Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood)
Majia Holmer Nadesan
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Description for Governing Childhood into the 21st Century: Biopolitical Technologies of Childhood Management and Education (Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood)
Hardcover. Neoliberal logics of government shaping childhood today produce market-based frameworks for understanding childhood risks. In this timely work, Nadesan argues that these frameworks encourage affluent parents to pursue individualized technologies of the self to reduce risks posed to their children's future success. Series: Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
Neoliberal logics of government shaping childhood today produce market-based frameworks for understanding childhood risks. In this timely work, Nadesan argues that these frameworks encourage affluent parents to pursue individualized technologies of the self to reduce risks posed to their children's future success.
Neoliberal logics of government shaping childhood today produce market-based frameworks for understanding childhood risks. In this timely work, Nadesan argues that these frameworks encourage affluent parents to pursue individualized technologies of the self to reduce risks posed to their children's future success.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood
Number of Pages
245
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230613218
SKU
V9780230613218
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About Majia Holmer Nadesan
MAJIA HOLMER NADESAN is an Associate Professor at Arizona State University, USA.
Reviews for Governing Childhood into the 21st Century: Biopolitical Technologies of Childhood Management and Education (Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood)
"Majia Holmer Nadesan's Governing Childhood into the 21st Century examines the biopolitical risks of children by a neoliberal individualized risk management regime to reveal the new vulnerabilities and dependencies of the poor under social welfare. This is a thoughtful, carefully-argued treatise that ought to become required reading for students of social policy and education." - Michael A. Peters, Professor of ... Read more