Decolonizing Childhoods

Manfred Liebel is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Technical University Berlin and Lecturer on Childhood Studies and Children’s Rights at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.

• PrefaceIntroductionPart I ~ How to Understand Childhoods in the Postcolonial ContextChildhoods From Postcolonial PerspectivesColonialism and Colonization of ChildhoodsPostcolonial Theories From the Global SouthPart II ~ Children Under Colonial and Postcolonial RuleState violence against children in British Empire and settler coloniesRacist civilization of children in Latin AmericaPitfalls of postcolonial education and child policies in Africa Part III ~ Children’s Rights and the Decolonization of ChildhoodsPostcolonial Dilemmas of Children’s RightsBeyond Paternalism: Plea for the De-Paternalization of Children’s Protection and ParticipationSocial Movements of Children As Citizenship From BelowEpilogue: Childhoods and Children’s Rights Beyond Postcolonial Paternalism

"This is a seminal book which works as a textbook, a teaching resource and a highly significant contribution to knowledge. It is characterized by authority and enthusiasm."Heather Montgomery, The Open University