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The sociology of children, childhood and generation /

By: Leonard, Madeleine.
Publisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2016Description: vii, 176 pages ; 27 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 1446259234; 9781446259238:; 9781446259238; 9781446259245; 1446259242.Subject(s): Children -- Social conditions | Children | Socialization | Child development | Group values (Sociology) in childrenDDC classification: 305.231 LEO
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Becoming and Being: Developments in the Sociology of Childhood -- 3. Macro Childhoods: Prioritising Structure -- 4. Micro Childhoods: Prioritising Agency -- 5. From Rights to Citizenship: Transformations and Constraints -- 6. Bridging Structure and Agency: Bringing in Inter- and Intra-generagency -- 7. Conclusions: Blurred Boundaries.
Summary: Outlining sociology's distinctive contribution to childhood studies and our understanding of contemporary children and childhood, this book provides a thought provoking and comprehensive account of the connections between the macro worlds of childhood and the micro worlds of children's everyday lives.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 305.231 LEO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Lost Checked out 29/12/2020 0082187
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Becoming and Being: Developments in the Sociology of Childhood -- 3. Macro Childhoods: Prioritising Structure -- 4. Micro Childhoods: Prioritising Agency -- 5. From Rights to Citizenship: Transformations and Constraints -- 6. Bridging Structure and Agency: Bringing in Inter- and Intra-generagency -- 7. Conclusions: Blurred Boundaries.

Outlining sociology's distinctive contribution to childhood studies and our understanding of contemporary children and childhood, this book provides a thought provoking and comprehensive account of the connections between the macro worlds of childhood and the micro worlds of children's everyday lives.

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