The Government of Childhood: Discourse, Power and Subjectivity

by Karen M. Smith

Book Overview

Grounded in the Foucauldian literature on governmentality and drawing on a broad range of disciplines, this book examines the government of childhood in the West from the early modern period to the present. The book deals with three key time-periods and examines shifts in the conceptualization and regulation of childhood and child-rearing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349457221
• ISBN13: 9781349457229
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"