Annotated Bibliography On Children Welfare

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Name: Katie Hegarty Student Number: 115379526
A Goldson, B. Lavalette, M. McKechnie, J. (eds.) (2002) Children, Welfare and the State. London: Sage Publication Novak, T. (2002) ‘Rich Children, Poor Children’ in Goldson, B, Lavalette, M, McKechnie, J. (eds.) Children, Welfare and the State. London: Sage Publications, pp. 59-72
Stack, N. Mckechnie, J. (2002) ‘Working Children’ in Goldson, B, Lavalette, M, McKechie, J. (eds.) Children,Welfare and the State. London: Sage Publications, pp. 87-101
McKechnie, J. (2002) ‘Children’s voices and Researching Childhood’ in Goldson, B, Lavalette, M, McKechie, J. (eds.) Children,Welfare and the State. London: Sage Publications, pp.42-58
Corby, B. (2002) ‘Child abuse and Child protection’ in Goldson, …show more content…

London: Sage Publications, pp.136-151
Hobbs, S. (2002) ‘New sociology and Old Psychology’ in Goldson, B, Lavalette, M, McKechie, J. (eds.) Children,Welfare and the State. London: Sage Publications, pp.29-41

B. This book deals with a number of key themes such as differences between rich and poor children, inequalities in the education system, working children and child abuse. This is an edited book which is divided into chapters and each chapter then has subheadings. Each chapter has been written by various authors. The target audience for this book is undergraduate students who are studying courses such as social policy, psychology and children. This book is written in formal academic English. Uses of evidence include statistics and experiments. The overarching argument is children and their welfare within Britain. The main overarching argument is based on child welfare and trying to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and the belief that …show more content…

The overarching theme that connects them all is children and child welfare. The writers of this book have dealt with these themes in a thorough manner. The theme of child poverty is dealt with and all aspects of poverty and the effect poverty has on the child’s life was dealt with. Poverty affects both education and health which are fundamental parts of a child’s upbringing. For example, infant mortality is higher in the lower social classes, they have a significantly higher rate of infant mortality than those in higher social classes. (Novak, 2002). Stack and McKechnie (2002) deal with the theme of the working children. In the proto-industrial era, it was uncommon for children not to work and it was believed that all children should work so during this era the Poor Relief was taken away from families whose children had not taken up a working position if they were over 5 years old. (Stack and McKechnie, 2002). The 1918 Education Act was introduced which made it mandatory for children to remain in education up until the age of fourteen. This put an end to full time employment of children. (Stack and McKechnie, 2002).This was a major step towards improving the welfare of children. This supports the overarching argument of improving child welfare and trying to close the gap between the rich and the poor. The author’s analysis of these themes was comprehensive and gives the reader a deep insight into these themes. This