Childhood and Society - Michael Wyness

Childhood and Society

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Buch | Softcover
344 Seiten
2011 | 2nd ed. 2011
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-0-230-24182-4 (ISBN)
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Exploring new research, policy and thinking within childhood sociology, this book now takes a global view on key and controversial issues in the field. The new edition continues to engage with competing theoretical positions, whilst bringing in a new focus on children's agency and featuring a new chapter on children in the workplace.
Where can we draw the line between childhood and adulthood? To what extent is childhood a social construction? How do children make sense of their own social worlds? And do children have control over their social environments?

Childhood and Society 2e explores these questions and key sociological debates to provide a thorough introduction to the sociology of childhood. The second edition takes account of cutting edge research and shows how contemporary practices are impacting on childhood in today's world. In particular, the book:

• Gives clear guidance on how children have been, and continue to be, theorized
• Shows how technology shapes children's play, communication and cultures
• Discusses international case studies that reflect on childhood in a global age
• Assesses the ethical and methodological issues in researching children's lives
• Includes a new chapter on child labour, reflecting on the relationship between work and schooling

With fresh insights into research, theory and policy, this text takes a truly global view on controversial issues in the field, from poverty and children's rights to the media and consumerism. It is an indispensable text for students of sociology, childhood studies, education and social policy.

MICHAEL WYNESS Associate Professor of Childhood Studies in the Institute Of Education at the University of Warwick, UK. He is the author of Schooling, Welfare and Parental Responsibility and Contesting Childhood.

Preface to the Second Edition.- Introduction.- PART I: CHILDHOOD AND THEORY.- The Social Meaning of Childhood.- Childhood and Social Structure.- Children and Childhood in Late Modernity.- Theories of Growing Up: Developmentalism and Socialisation Theory.- PART II: CHILDREN, SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND SOCIAL POLICY.- Childhood in Crisis: Social Disorder and Reconstruction.- Children, Family and the State: Policing Childhood.- Schooling Children and Childhood.- PART III: CHILDREN'S LIVES, CHILDREN'S AGENCY.- Children's Social Worlds: Culture, Play and Technology.- Researching Children and Childhood: Methods, Ethics and Politics.- Children: Their Rights and Politics.- Children's Work and Labour: The International Context.- Conclusion.- Glossary.

Zusatzinfo 344 p.
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 534 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-230-24182-4 / 0230241824
ISBN-13 978-0-230-24182-4 / 9780230241824
Zustand Neuware
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