Utifrån ett fängslande empiriskt material visar författaren hur den svenska folkskolan kan ses som en konsekvens av fattigdom, befolkningsökning och myndigheternas behov av kontroll. Med hjälp av skolan kunde barnen avskiljas från hemmets, gatans och fabrikens inflytande och hållas under kont[...]
Provides fresh insights into the changes of the educational media policies, and how they interplayed with public service media as well as the educational system during the formative years of the Swedish welfare state. This work looks on how the educational broadcasting was negotiated between parties[...]
Providing extensive examples of the conditions of children's everyday consumption as well as how children themselves understand issues of work, money, scarcity, and consumer products, this book challenges the prevailing theories of consumption and opens up new ways of thinking about children. Arguin[...]