Rethinking Children as Consumers

Children are significant consumers of services such as health, welfare, educational institutions and the environment. Alongside this, the marketisation of childhood means that children are exposed to advertising and marketing through a wide range of media on a daily basis. This timely book explores childhood and consumerism through four key strands: children as consumers of services; children as consumers of space; the link between citizenship and consumption and the influences of the marketization of childhood. Examing key debates on children's power, status and citizenship issues, it considers the wider implications of how consumerism impacts on children's health, well-being and life chances.

Cyndy Hawkins is Senior Lecturer in Childhood Studies and Education Studies at Nottingham Trent University, UK.

1. Introduction: Children, young people and their changing status in society Cyndy Hawkins 2. Diverse consumers Catherine Gripton and Val Hall 3. Children as consumers of early years services Victoria Brown, Moira Moran and Annie Woods 4. Children and young people as health consumers Sharon Vesty and Lorna Wardle 5.Environmental consumers Cyndy Hawkins 6. Brand consumers Cyndy Hawkins 7. Consumption, identity and young people Mark Weinstein 8. Young people as consumers- the construction of vulnerability amongst consumers of higher education Phil Mignot 9. Young people and democratic citizenship Jason Wood 10. Rethinking children as consumers Edited by Cyndy Hawkins