Environment in the Lives of Children and Families

Perspectives from India and the UK

Catherine Walker author Ann Phoenix author Janet Boddy author Uma Vennam author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bristol University Press

Published:27th Sep '17

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Available Open Access under CC-BY licence. How do environmental policies link to dynamic and relational family practices for children and parents? This Policy Press Short presents innovative cross-national research into how ‘environment’ is understood and negotiated within families, and how this plays out in everyday lives. Based on an ESRC study that involved creative, qualitative work with families in India and the UK who live in different contexts, this book illuminates how environmental practices are negotiated within families, and how they relate to values, identities and society. In doing so, it contributes to understanding of the ways in which families and childhood are constructed as sites for intervention in climate change debates. In an area that is increasingly of concern to governments, NGOs and the general public, this timely research is crucial for developing effective responses to climate change.

"Offers important insights on engaging families and compelling recommendations for communication about climate change, including greater focus on political agency." Clare Shakya, Director of Climate Change, International Institute for Environment and Development

ISBN: 9781447339199

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184 pages