Children, Consumerism, and the Common Good (eBook)

Mary M. Doyle Roche (Autor)

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2009
158 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-4192-2 (ISBN)

Infos

The children are full, interdependent members of the communities of which they are a part; they have a claim on our resources and our solidarity, as well as a right to participate in social life. Their participation easily becomes exploitation in the context of consumer culture. The tradition of the common good within Christianity moves communities toward practices of resistance and transformation to this culture in a spirit of solidarity with children.

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Children, Consumerism, and the Common Good explores the impact of consumer culture on the lives of children in the United States and globally, focusing on two phenomena: advertising to children and child labor. Christian communities have a critical role to play in securing the well-being of children and challenging the cultural trends that undermine that well-being. Themes in the tradition of Catholic social teaching can move us beyond the tensions between children's rights activists and those who propose a return to 'family values' and can inform practices of resistance, participation, and transformation. Roche argues that children are full, interdependent members of the communities of which they are a part. They have a claim on the fruits of our common life and are called to participate in that life according to their age and ability. The principle of the common good forms the benchmark for analyzing children's participation in the market and the ways in which market logic shapes other institutions of civil society, particularly educational institutions. The Cristo Rey Network of schools is highlighted as an example of institutional transformation which shapes children's participation in education and the economic life of their families and communities in a spirit of solidarity.

Autor

Mary M. Doyle Roche is assistant professor and Edward Bennett Williams Fellow in the Department of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction: Children in a Peaceable KingdomChapter 2 Chapter One. Reading the Signs of the Times: Consumer Culture and the Commercialization of ChildhoodChapter 3 Chapter Two. Children's Rights and Family ValuesChapter 4 Chapter Three. Children and the Common GoodChapter 5 Chapter Four. A Model of Resistance and Transformation: The Cristo Rey StoryChapter 6 Conclusion: Keeping Christmas Well

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.9.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Religionspädagogik / Katechetik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• ISBN-10: 0-7391-4192-9 / 0739141929
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-4192-2 / 9780739141922