Childhood Inequality

The aim of this module is to enable students to develop a critical, multidisciplinary child-centred perspective
on childhood inequalities in the global context. Throughout the module differences in the understanding and
experience of childhood in selected poor majority-world countries will be a key focus. There will be particular
emphasis on the interaction between the local and the global in terms of the political, economic and cultural
conditions which shape childhoods around the world. The module will examine such issues as child-adult
relations, children's education, poverty, health, child labour, children's care worlds, and children's rights
and statuses. The ways in which gender, social class, ethnicity/race, disability, regional location and other
differences impact on inequalities between children will also be examined in both minority and majority world
contexts. Overall the module will provide students with a clear set of conceptual frameworks and analytical
tools for critically analysing and challenging global inequalities between children.