Laura Gilliam is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Anthropology, School of Education, at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. She is the co-author of Children of the Welfare State (Pluto, 2016).

• Series PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. On Civilising: A Perspective on Childrearing, Conduct and Distinctions2. Society’s Children: Institutionalisation and Changing Perceptions of Children and Upbringing3. Civilising the Youngest: An Ambiguous Endeavour4. The Not-Yet-Civilised: Negotiating the Kindergarten’s Civilising Project - Karen Fog Olwig5. Social Children and Good Classes: Moulding Civilised Communities during the First Year of School6. The Impossible Bilingual Boys: Civilising Efforts and Oppositional Forms in a Multi-Ethnic Class7. The Decent Citizens: Lessons on Moral Superiority and the Immorality of Wealth in a Class of Privileged Youth8. The Civilised Family Life: Childrearing in Affluent Families - Dil Bach9. Civilising Institutions: Cultural Norms and Social ConsequencesNotesReferencesIndex

'This detailed empirical study of how Danish children are brought up, or 'civilised' - whether within families or public institutions - is a major contribution to our understanding of Scandinavian welfare states, a powerful argument for the role of ethnography in comparative policy debates, and a must-read for anyone interested in childhood'

Laura Gilliam is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Anthropology, School of Education, at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. She is the co-author of Children of the Welfare State (Pluto, 2016).

• Series PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. On Civilising: A Perspective on Childrearing, Conduct and Distinctions2. Society’s Children: Institutionalisation and Changing Perceptions of Children and Upbringing3. Civilising the Youngest: An Ambiguous Endeavour4. The Not-Yet-Civilised: Negotiating the Kindergarten’s Civilising Project - Karen Fog Olwig5. Social Children and Good Classes: Moulding Civilised Communities during the First Year of School6. The Impossible Bilingual Boys: Civilising Efforts and Oppositional Forms in a Multi-Ethnic Class7. The Decent Citizens: Lessons on Moral Superiority and the Immorality of Wealth in a Class of Privileged Youth8. The Civilised Family Life: Childrearing in Affluent Families - Dil Bach9. Civilising Institutions: Cultural Norms and Social ConsequencesNotesReferencesIndex

'This detailed empirical study of how Danish children are brought up, or 'civilised' - whether within families or public institutions - is a major contribution to our understanding of Scandinavian welfare states, a powerful argument for the role of ethnography in comparative policy debates, and a must-read for anyone interested in childhood'

Laura Gilliam is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Anthropology, School of Education, at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. She is the co-author of Children of the Welfare State (Pluto, 2016).

• Series PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. On Civilising: A Perspective on Childrearing, Conduct and Distinctions2. Society’s Children: Institutionalisation and Changing Perceptions of Children and Upbringing3. Civilising the Youngest: An Ambiguous Endeavour4. The Not-Yet-Civilised: Negotiating the Kindergarten’s Civilising Project - Karen Fog Olwig5. Social Children and Good Classes: Moulding Civilised Communities during the First Year of School6. The Impossible Bilingual Boys: Civilising Efforts and Oppositional Forms in a Multi-Ethnic Class7. The Decent Citizens: Lessons on Moral Superiority and the Immorality of Wealth in a Class of Privileged Youth8. The Civilised Family Life: Childrearing in Affluent Families - Dil Bach9. Civilising Institutions: Cultural Norms and Social ConsequencesNotesReferencesIndex

'This detailed empirical study of how Danish children are brought up, or 'civilised' - whether within families or public institutions - is a major contribution to our understanding of Scandinavian welfare states, a powerful argument for the role of ethnography in comparative policy debates, and a must-read for anyone interested in childhood'