Thatcher's Grandchildren?

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. ‘Kill a kid and get a house’

   • Julian Petley

   Pages 1-26

3. Citizen Journalists or Cyber Bigots?

   • Bob Franklin

   Pages 27-44

4. The Changing Politics and Practice of Child Protection and Safeguarding in England

   • Nigel Parton

   Pages 45-68

5. Child Trafficking

   • Julia O’Connell Davidson

   Pages 69-88

6. ‘What have the Romans ever done for us?’

   • Danny Dorling

   Pages 89-100

7. ‘When I give food to the poor …’

   • Stephen Wagg

   Pages 101-117

8. A Coming or Going of Age?

   • David Rudd

   Pages 118-139

9. Punishment, Populism and Performance Management

   • Tim Newburn

   Pages 140-159

10. Children’s Rights Since Margaret Thatcher

    • Marc Cornock, Heather Montgomery

    Pages 160-178

11. Whiteboard Jungle

    • Stephen Wagg

    Pages 179-203

12. Troubling Families

    • Val Gillies

    Pages 204-224

13. Recolonising the Digital Natives

    • Keri Facer

    Pages 225-241

14. Kids for Sale?

    • David Buckingham

    Pages 242-257

15. The Politics of Children’s Clothing

    • Jane Pilcher

    Pages 258-274

16. Children’s Rights or Employers’ Rights?

    • Steve Cunningham, Michael Lavalette

    Pages 275-300

17. Saving the Children?

    • David Buckingham, Despina Chronaki

    Pages 301-317

18. Back Matter

    Pages 318-327

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Thatcher's Grandchildren explores sociological and political issues about childhood that have that have become increasingly significant in the twenty first century within a political landscape framed by neo-liberalism. Issues addressed include child protection and abuse, the media, education and schooling, and poverty.

• Politics of childhood and youth
• sociology of childhood and youth
• UK law and childhood and youth
• social policy and childhood and youth
• child abuse
• childhood
• children
• education
• England
• Familie
• intervention
• media
• poverty
• Thatcher
• youth

• Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

  Stephen Wagg

• University of Leicester, UK

  Jane Pilcher

Julian Petley, Brunel University, UK Bob Franklin, Cardiff School of Journalism, UK Nigel Parton, University of Huddersfield, UK Julia O'Connell Davidson, University of Nottingham, UK Danny Dorling, University of Oxford, UK David Rudd, University of Bolton, UK Marc Cornock, Open University, UK Heather Montgomery, Open University, UK Val Gillies, London South Bank University, UK Keri Facer, University of Bristol, UK David Buckingham, Loughborough University, UK Steve Cunningham, University of Central Lancashire, UK Michael Lavalette, Liverpool Hope University, UK Despina Chronaki, independent scholar, UK

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