The kids are in charge : activism and power in Peru's movement of working children /

"Since 1976, the Peruvian movement of working children has fought to redefine age-based roles in society, including defending children's right to work. In The Kids Are in Charge, Jessica K. Taft gives us an inside look at this groundbreaking, intergenerational social movement, showing that...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Taft, Jessica K. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Series:Critical perspectives on youth.
Subjects:
Youth > Political activity > Peru.
Children's rights > Peru.
Social action > Peru.
Jeunesse > Activité politique > Pérou.
Enfants > Droits > Pérou.
Action sociale > Pérou.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Children's Studies.
Children's rights.
Social action.
Youth > Political activity.
Peru.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Alternative visions of childhood
  • Learning with the Peruvian movement of working children
  • Protagonismo and work : reimagining childhood
  • Equality and horizontalism : reimagining intergenerational relationships
  • The practice of intergenerational activism
  • Teachers, mothers, or compañeros : adult roles in a children's movement
  • "The kids are in charge" but "adults talk too much" : the everyday dynamics of age-based power
  • Struggles for children's dignity and citizenship : transforming individuals and institutions
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix: glossary of acronyms
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the author.

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