The contributors and editors of this volume begin from the assumption that the changes wrought by globalization compel us to reflect upon the status of the child and childhood at the end of the 20th century. Their essays consider what techniques and technologies are used to govern the child, what role the family plays, what is global and what is culturally specific in the changes, and how the subject is constructed and construed.

Preface Chapter 1. Governing the child in the new millennium Kenneth Hultqvist and Gunilla Dahlberg Chapter 2. Safety and danger: Childhood, Sexuality, and Space at the end of the millennium Valerie Walkerdine Chapter 3. Time Matters in Adolescence Nancy Lesko Chapter 4. The Pacing and Timing of Children's Bodies Chris Jenks Chapter 5. Administering Freedom. A History of the Present-Rescuing Parents to Rescue the Child for Society Tom S. Popkewitz and Marianne Bloch Chapter 6. Educating Flexible Souls: The construction of Subjectivity through Developmentality and Interactionism Lynn Fendler Chapter 7. Bringing the Gods and the Angels Back? A modern pedagogical saga about excess in moderation Kenneth Hultqvist Chapter 8. Childhood, School and Family. Continuity and displacement in recent researchers Mirian Warde Chapter 9. Childhood and the Politics of Memory in Argentina Ines Dussel Chapter 10. Construction of the Child in Mexican Legislative Discourse Rosa Nidia Buenfil Chapter 11. When post-structuralism meets Gender Julie McLeod