Sociological Studies of Children

Book details for Sociological Studies of Children

Series: Sociological Studies of Children & Youth v. 7

Contributor(s): Nancy Mandell (editor), Anne-Marie Ambert (volume editor),

Format: Hardback, 234 x 156 x 19mm , 284 pp

Publication date: 30 Jan 1995

Imprint: JAI Press Inc.

ISBN: 9781559389006

Price: £61.95

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Synopsis

The volumes in this series illustrate how social organization and private, emotional experience are different phases of the social process. They show the steps by which emotional experience is shaped by social structural, macro-level processes and how these processes are changed by experience.

Contents

On the liberal culture of child risk - a covenant critique of contractarian theory, John O'Neill; single-parent households as settings for children's development, well-being and attainment - a social network/resources perspective, Paul R. Amato; from useful to useful - the historical continuity of children's constructive participation, Jens Qvortrup; hierarchy, boundary and agency - towards a theoretical perspective on childhood, Allison James and Alan Prout; micro sociology and psychological development - a sociological interpretation of Piaget's theory, Geoffrey Tesson and James Youniss; a developmental model of heteroglossic improvization in children's fantasy play, R. Keith Sawyer; constituting child abuse - a problem of late modernity?, Chris Jenks; towards a theory of peer abuse, Anne-Marie Ambert; invisible children? towards a reconceptualization of childhood dependency and responsibility; Elias's theory of civilizing processes, an exploratory note on the judicial system, families and juvenile delinquency in the Netherlands, Mieke Komen; sociological theorizing on children - concluding thoughts, Anne-Marie Ambert.