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In this vital volume, Erica Burman presents a synthesis of her work developed over the past decade. Building from her pathbreaking critiques of developmental psychology to the strategy of plural developments, this work elaborates a new approach, generated from postcolonial, feminist intersectionality and migration studies: child as method.

In this vital volume, Erica Burman presents a synthesis of her work developed over the past decade. Building from her pathbreaking critiques of developmental psychology to the strategy of plural developments, this work elaborates a new approach, generated from postcolonial, feminist intersectionality and migration studies: child as method.

How does developmental psychology connect with the developing world? In other words: what is the political economy of childhood, and how is this affectively organized? This new edition is a key conceptual intervention and resource, reflecting further on the contexts and frameworks that tie children to national and international agendas.

How does developmental psychology connect with the developing world? In other words: what is the political economy of childhood, and how is this affectively organized? This new edition is a key conceptual intervention and resource, reflecting further on the contexts and frameworks that tie children to national and international agendas.

Deconstructing Developmental Psychology interrogates the assumptions and practices surrounding the psychology of child development, providing a critical evaluation of the role and contribution of developmental psychology within social practice.

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Bridging childhood studies, pedagogy and educational theory, critical psychology, and postcolonial studies, this book reads the role and functions of 'the child' as both cultural motif and as embodied life condition through the work of Frantz Fanon.

Bridging childhood studies, pedagogy and educational theory, critical psychology, and postcolonial studies, this book reads the role and functions of `the child¿ as both cultural motif and as embodied life condition through the work of Frantz Fanon.

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How close is feminist psychology to contemporary feminism? How can feminist psychological practice address issues of `difference' between women in meaningful ways? What price has feminist psychology had to pay for attempting to engage with mainstream psychology to revise and improve it? This book critiques feminist practice within psychology, and reflects the diversity from across the globe of feminist struggles around psychology. An internat...

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Migration has become a key area of preoccupation for governments, international agencies and human rights activists the world over. This book argues, however, that studies of migration have become too limited in scope, focusing only on the policy demands of governments and humanitarian agencies, rather than assessing the underlying theories, and effects, of human migration. With this as its starting point, this collection of essays sets out to...

Deconstructing Developmental Psychology interrogates the assumptions and practices surrounding the psychology of child development, providing a critical evaluation of the role and contribution of developmental psychology within social practice.

Migration has become a key area of preoccupation for governments, international agencies and human rights activists the world over. This book argues, however, that studies of migration have become too limited in scope, focusing only on the policy demands of governments and humanitarian agencies, rather than assessing the underlying theories, and effects, of human migration. With this as its starting point, this collection of essays sets out to...

Challenging Women builds upon feminist analyses of psychology to look critically at the assumptions which underlie both psychology and feminism. Drawing upon current feminist research and theory, the authors explore key professional issues in psychology and its related disciplines. While opening up questions rather than imposing answers, they develop practical feminist interventions and contributions to these issues. Challenging Women examines...