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Series:   Elements in Psychology and Culture

Global Changes in Children's Lives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2018

Uwe P. Gielen  and
Sunghun Kim
Uwe P. Gielen
Affiliation:
St Francis College, New York
Sunghun Kim
Affiliation:
St Francis College, New York

Summary

This Element compares the nature of childhood in four representative societies differing in their subsistence activities: bands of Australian hunter-gatherers, Tibetan nomadic pastoralists, peasants and farmers residing in Maya villages and towns, and South Korean students growing up in a digital information society. In addition, the Element traces a variety of intertwined global changes that have led to sharply reduced child mortality rates, shrinking family sizes, contested gender roles, increased marriage ages, long-term enrollment of children (especially girls in educational institutions), and the formation of 'glocal' identities.
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global childhoodAustralian AboriginesTibetan nomadsMaya farmersSouth Korean students
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Series: Elements in Psychology and Culture
Online ISBN: 9781108594011
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Print publication: 20 December 2018

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