Environment in the lives of children and families: Perspectives from India and the UK - Hardcover

Ann Phoenix; Janet Boddy; Catherine Walker; Uma Vennam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1447339193 ISBN 13: 9781447339199

Publisher: Policy Press, 2017

Synopsis

How do environmental policies link to dynamic and relational family practices for children and parents? This Policy Press Short presents innovative cross-national research into how 'environment' is understood and negotiated within families, and how this plays out in everyday lives. Based on an ESRC study that involved creative, qualitative work with families in India and the UK who live in different contexts, this book illuminates how environmental practices are negotiated within families, and how they relate to values, identities, and society. In doing so, it contributes to understanding of the ways in which families and childhood are constructed as sites for intervention in climate change debates. In an area that is increasingly of concern to governments, NGOs and the general public, this timely research is crucial for developing effective responses to climate change.

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Review:

Offers important insights on engaging families and compelling recommendations for communication about climate change, including greater focus on political agency. --Clare Shakya, Director of Climate Change, International Institute for Environment and Development

About the Author:

Ann Phoenix is Professor of Psychosocial Studies at Thomas Coram Research Unit, Department of Social Sciences, UCL Institute of Education and from 2016-8 is the Erkko Professor at the Helsinki University Collegium for Advanced Studies. Janet Boddy is Professor of Child, Youth and Family Studies in the School of Education and Social Work at the University of Sussex, where she directs the cross-disciplinary Centre for Innovation and Research in Childhood and Youth (CIRCY). Catherine Walker is a Research Associate in Human Geography at the University of Leicester; in 2016, she completed her PhD at the UCL Institute of Education in London. Uma Vennam is Professor of Social Work and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of SPMVV, the Women's University in Tirupati, where she leads qualitative research in India for the Young Lives study (www.younglives.org.uk).

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1447339193
• ISBN 13: 9781447339199
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 136