Manfred Liebel, Philip Meade

Adultism

A Critical Introduction to Discrimination Against Children. Sprache: Englisch.
gebunden , 352 Seiten
ISBN 1447378121
EAN 9781447378129
Veröffentlicht 7. April 2026
Verlag/Hersteller Bristol University Press

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Beschreibung

Despite global advances in children's rights, young people are routinely disregarded, overpowered and excluded. This persistent discrimination - known as adultism - permeates family life, education, urban design, legal systems and political discourse.
In this groundbreaking book, the authors provide a comprehensive introduction to adultism from an academic perspective while also emphasising its practical implications. Drawing on rich, real-world examples and research, they analyse it as a systemic form of discrimination, exploring how it evolved and is reproduced through language, institutions and everyday practices.
Timely, accessible and urgent, this book offers a vision for resistance and transformation, outlining how adultism can be challenged - by both adults and young people - to co-create a more equitable future.

Portrait

Manfred Liebel is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Technical University Berlin and Lecturer on Childhood Studies and Children's Rights at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.