Childhoods at the Intersection of the Local and the Global examines the imposition of the modern Western notion of childhood, which is now deemed as universal, on other cultures and explores how local communities react to these impositions in various ways such as manipulation, outright rejection and acceptance. The book discusses childhoods in different regions of the world and boasts a range of contributors from several academic disciplines such as Sociology, Social Work, Education, Anthropology, Criminology and Human Rights, who are experts on the regions they discuss. The book argues against the notion of a universal childhood and illustrates that different societies around the world have different notions of childhood. This book is recommended reading for students, scholars and practitioners working with children in the Global South as well as internationally.

HIND KHALED KHALIFA Associate Professor of the Sociology of Childhood in the Department of Social Studies at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia SIOBHAN LAIRD Lecturer at Nottingham University, UK KATIE MONAGHAN University of Sheffield, UK HELEN PENN Professor of Early Childhood and co-director of the International Centre for the Study of the Mixed Economy of Childcare in the Cass School of Education and Communities at the University of East London, UK SUSAN SHEPLER Assistant Professor of International Peace and Conflict Resolution in the School of International Service at American University, USA MIRIAM TAG Researcher at Bielefeld University, Germany KAREN WELLS Senior Lecturer in International Childhood Studies and International Development at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK