Childhood

What is childhood? In recent years, a cluster of critical and complex ideas have emerged around the nature of biological, social and psychological growth in the early years, reflecting the changing nature of adult - child relations, and political and cultural understandings of childhood in the twenty-first century.

List of contents

* Introduction
* Chapter 1. Conceptualizing Agency
* Chapter 2. The Recognition and Distribution of Children's Agency
* Chapter 3. Childhood, Globalization and Global Standards
* Chapter 4. Childhoods: Diversity and Hybridity
* Chapter 5. Childhood and Generation
* Chapter 6. Childhood, Wellbeing and Multi-Disciplinarity
* Conclusion: Relocating Children and Childhood
* References

About the author

Michael Wyness is Associate Professor in Childhood Studies at the University of Warwick, and author of Childhood and Society, 2nd edition (2011).

Summary

What is childhood? In recent years, a cluster of critical and complex ideas have emerged around the nature of biological, social and psychological growth in the early years, reflecting the changing nature of adult - child relations, and political and cultural understandings of childhood in the twenty-first century.

Report

Focusing on children's agency from multiple perspectives as well as globalization's complex effects on children and childhood, Wyness provides a compelling and innovative contribution to childhood studies. The book is well written, well grounded in the relevant theoretical and substantive literature, and full of insightful and timely case studies. Wyness's Childhood is a gem!
William A. Corsaro, Indiana University
 
Mike Wyness has a deep understanding of all the key issues in the sociology of childhood and this shines through this short but illuminating introduction to the topic.
Alan Prout, University of Leeds

Product details

• Authors: M Wyness, Michael Wyness, Michael G. Wyness, Wyness Michael
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.11.2014
• EAN: 9780745662350
• ISBN: 978-0-7456-6235-0
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Key Concepts; Polity Key Concepts in the Social Sciences Series; Key Concepts; Polity Key Concepts in the Social Sciences series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Kindheit, Entwicklungspsychologie, Soziologie, Psychologie, Sociology, Familienforschung, Psychology, childhood, Entwicklungspsychologie / Kindheit, Kinderforschung, Sociology of Children, Kindersoziologie, Family studies, Child Studies