The Palgrave Handbook of Childhood Studies

by Qvortrup, Jens; Corsaro, William A.; Honig, Michael-Sebastian

• ISBN13: 9780230532601
• ISBN10: 0230532608
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

A landmark publication in the field, this state of the art reference work, with contributions from leading thinkers across a range of disciplines, is an essential guide to the study of children and childhood, and sets out future research agendas for the subject.

Author Biography

JENS QVORTRUP is Professor of Sociology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and former Director of the Norwegian Centre for Child Research, Trondheim, Norway. A founding father of childhood studies, he was the Founding President of the International Sociological Association's section on sociology of childhood (1988-1998), Director of the pioneering study 'Childhood as a Social Phenomenon' (1987-1992) and co-editor of the journal Childhood (1999-2008). He has written extensively on childhood and his publications include Childhood Matters, Childhood and Children's Culture, Studies in Modern Childhood and The Modern Child and the Flexible Labour Market.
 
WILLIAM A. CORSARO is the Robert H. Shaffer Endowed Chair in the Department of Sociology at Indiana University, USA. He has held Visiting Fellowships in Italy and Norway. He has written widely on childhood and early education and his publications include Friendship and Peer Culture in the Early Years, We’re Friends, Right?: Inside Kids’ Culture, I Compagni: Understanding Children’s Transition from Preschool to Elementary School (with Luisa Molinari). His book The Sociology of Childhood is now in its second edition and has been translated into Danish and Italian.
 
MICHAEL-SEBASTIAN HONIG is Professor of Social Work at the University of Luxembourg. Previously he held posts as Head of the Department of Children and Child Care at the German Youth Institute, Munich, and Professor of Pedagogy at the University of Trier, Germany. His many publications include Entwurf einer Theorie der Kindheit (Towards a Theory of Childhood). He is co-editor of the German Journal of the Sociology of Education and Socialization and an editorial board member for Childhood. He edits the German book series Childhoods: New Directions published by Juventa Publishing.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Editors

Concepts Of Childhood Studies

Structure (Age, Transition, Generation)

Agency

Childhood as a Symbolic Form

Child, Children, Childhood

Child Development and Development of Childhood

Historical And Socio-Economic Contexts Of Childhood

Origin and Evolution of Childhood

Transitions to Modernity

Towards a Severance of Reproduction and Production

Pluralisation of Family Forms

Institutionalisation as a Secular Trend

Generational Relations

Societal Level (Children/Adults)

Family Level (Children/Parents/Grandparents/Siblings)

Generational Ordering and Interconnections

Collective Identities

Interests in and Responsibility for Children and Their Life Worlds

Children's Everyday Lives/The Local Framework

Children's Bodies

Family Life

Day Care and Preschool as Settings for Children's Interactions

Constraints and Opportunities in Localities

Children's Environments (Spaces, Places)

Children's Time

Children as Problems, Problems of Children

Children's Practice - Children As Participants

Child Labour, Child Work, School Work

Peer Cultures

Play and Games

Leisure Time and Cultural Activities

Children as Consumers

Children and the Media (TV, Film, Video)

Use of Electronic Media

Children's Rights And Place In The World

UNCRC: Relevance and Application

Globalisation and Childhood

Migration and Care Chains

International Responsibility for Children's Rights and Welfare

Index

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