The Government of Childhood: Discourse, Power and Subjectivity - Paperback

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.

• | Author: K. Smith
• | Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• | Publication Date: Oct 06, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 266 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1349457221
• | ISBN-13: 9781349457229