Children and Globalization

<p>Globalization has carried vast consequences for the lives of children. It has spurred unprecedented waves of immigration contributed to far-reaching transformations in the organization structure and dynamics of family life and profoundly altered trajectories of growing up. Equally important globalization has contributed to the world-wide dissemination of a set of international norms about children’s welfare and heightened public awareness of disparities in the lives of children around the world. This book's contributors – leading historians literary scholars psychologists social geographers and others – provide fresh perspectives on the transformations that globalization has produced in children's lives.</p>