The Sociology of Childhood

Sixth Edition

Series:
Sociology for a New Century Series

Other Titles in:
Child Development | Sociology (General) | Sociology of Childhood

May 2024 | 424 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

PART ONE: THE SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF CHILDHOOD

1. Social Theories of Childhood

2. The Structure of Childhood and Children’s Interpretive Reproductions

3. Studying Children and Childhood

PART TWO: CHILDREN, CHILDHOOD, AND FAMILIES IN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT

4. Historical Views of Childhood and Children

5. Social Change, Families, and Children

PART THREE: CHILDREN’S CULTURES

6. Children’s Peer Cultures and Interpretive Reproduction

7. Sharing and Control in Initial Peer Cultures

8. Conflict and Differentiation in the Initial Peer Culture

9. Preadolescent Peer Cultures

PART FOUR: CHILDREN, SOCIAL PROBLEMS, AND THE FUTURE OF CHILDHOOD

10. Children, Social Problems, and the Family

11. Children, Social Problems, and Society

12. The Future of Childhood

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