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This original ethnographic study looks at how children are `civilised' within child institutions, such as schools, day care centres and families, under the auspices of the welfare state. As part of a general discussion on civilising projects and the role of state institutions, the authors focus on Denmark, a country characterised by the extent of time children use in public institutions from an early age. They look at the extraordinary amount of attention and effort put into the process of upbringing by the state, as well as the widespread co-operation in this by parents across the social spectrum. Taking its point of departure in the sociologist Norbert Elias' concept of civilising, Children of the Welfare State explores the ideals of civilised conduct expressed through institutional upbringing and examine how children of different age, gender, ethnicity and social backgrounds experience and react to these norms and efforts. The analysis demonstrates that welfare state institutions, though characterised by a strong egalitarian ideal, create negative distinctions between social groups, teach children about moral hierarchies in society and prompts them to identify as more or less civilised citizens of the state.
Contents
Introduction1. On Civilising: A Perspective on Childrearing, Manners and Distinctions - Laura Gilliam and Eva Gullov2. Children of Society: Civilising, Institutionalisation and Perceptions of the Child - Laura Gilliam and Eva Gullov3. Civilising the Youngest Children: An Ambiguous Endeavour - Eva Gullov4. Children's Sociality: Interpretation and Negotiation of the Civilising Project in the Kindergarten - Karen Fog Olwig5. Social Children and Good School Classes: The Construction of Civilised Communities in School - Laura Gilliam6. The Impossible Class: The School's Identity Lessons to Ethnic Minority Children - Laura Gilliam7. The Good Citizens: The School's Identity Lessons to Privileged Youth - Laura Gilliam8. The Civilised Family Life: Upbringing in Prosperous Families - Dil Bach9. Childrearing in the Danish Welfare State - Laura Gilliam and Eva Gullov
