“Investing in Children”: a dominant discourse on childhood and children in 21st century

• Authors: Warzywoda-Kruszyńska Wielisława

Title variants

PL

„Inwestowanie w dzieci” – dyskurs o dzieciach i dzieciństwie dominujący w XXI wieku

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Looking at the last 30 years, one can observes the radical change in the academic and political discourse concerning childhood and children. The concept of “investing in children” has become dominant in the academic discourse and political programme of at least the European Union. Investing in children is located at the core of the social investment strategy. In this article, the social investment paradigm is characterised, and two types of arguments for investing in disadvantaged children are presented. J. Heckman’s explanations concerning the stage of a child’s life cycle in which to invest, and how, are presented. Practical implementation of the Early Child Education and Care in the European countries is outlined.

PL

W ciągu ostatnich 30 lat dokonała się radykalna zmiana dyskursu akademickiego i politycznego na temat dzieci i dzieciństwa. Koncepcja ’inwestowania w dzieci” zdominowała dyskurs akademicki i program polityczny, co najmniej w U nii Europejskiej. Inwestowanie w dzieci stanowi jądro strategii inwestowania społecznego. W artykule scharakteryzowano paradygmat inwestowania społecznego i przedstawiono dwa typy argumentacji na rzecz inwestowania w dzieci z defaworyzowanych środowisk. Omówiona została koncepcja J. Heckmana dotycząca inwestowania w dzieci małe oraz efektywne sposoby interwencji. Wskazano na praktyczną implementację inwestowania w małe dzieci w krajach Unii Europejskiej.

Keywords

EN

investing in children; the social investment state; Early Child Education and Care

PL

inwestowanie w dzieci; państwo społecznych inwestycji; wczesna edukacja i opieka nad dziećmi.

• Publisher: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe, Stowarzyszenie
• Journal: Przegląd Socjologiczny
• Year: 2015
• Volume: LXIV (64)
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 9-26

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Warzywoda-Kruszyńska Wielisława

• Department of Applied Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Economics and Sociology

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0033-2356