Ebook: Theorising Childhood
Author: Claudio Baraldi Tom Cockburn
- Tags: Social Sciences, Childhood Adolescence and Society, Social Structure Social Inequality, Children Youth and Family Policy
- Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: Springer International Publishing
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Language: English
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Focusing on children's citizenship, participation and rights, this edited collection draws on the work of a number of leading scholars in the sociology of childhood. The contributors explore a range of themes including: tensions between pragmatism and grand theory; revisiting agency/structure debates in the light of children; the challenging of binary thought prevalent in studies around 'generations' and other aspects of sociology; the manifestation of power in time and space; the application of theories into the 'real' world through NGOs, practitioners, policy makers, politicians and empirical research.
The collection will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including childhood studies, sociology, politics and social policy, as well as policy makers and practitioners interested in the citizenship, rights and participation of children.