Description

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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.

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“In an effort to highlight childhood as a social phenomenon, the editors pull together a compelling array of articles that make clear the social and political contexts of childhood and their impact on how scholars and policy makers approach this population.  This compendium of theory and research should be a useful resource for researchers, educators, and policy makers interested in understanding the substantive developments of childhood studies, the current state of children, and their prospects in the 21st century. . . Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers.” -- CHOICE

"[A] rich compendium of current research (in the Western world), a journey through the highways and alleyways of a burgeoning area. Qvortrup, Corsaro, and Honig have smartly structured their volume of works by thirty-one authors into six sections that move from the 'bigger' questions of theory, method, and historical context, to research on the everyday lives and practices of children, and to considerations of children's rights. It is the kind of book I want handy as a reference for both teaching and research. An attractive anthology for use in a course on childhood at the advanced undergraduate or graduate levels, it provides multiple tools for navigating theoretical, methodological, and epistemological terrains of research in 'new' childhood studies." --Sara Dorow, University of Alberta