02859nam a2200409Ka 4500 ocn664289846 OCoLC 20171018091358.0 m d cr un||||||||| 100916s2005 ne o 000 0 eng d 9781849503297 (electronic bk.) : �64.95 ; � 91.95 ; $106.95 184950329X (electronic bk.) : �64.95 ; � 91.95 ; $106.95 0762311835 (hbk.) 9780762311835 (hbk.) ZJC eng ZJC HQ767.8 .S65 v. 10 JFSP1 bicssc JFSP2 bicssc SOC047000 bisacsh 316.34 305.23 22 Sociological studies of children and youth. Vol. 10 [electronic resource] : special international volume / guest edited by Loretta Bass. 1st ed. Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2005. 1 online resource (ix, 284 p.) : some ill. State of the art report. This International Volume of Sociological Studies of Children and Youth shows the breadth of current empirical research that focuses on children and youth around the world. Coming from a range of methodological and theoretical orientations, this volume showcases the lives of children and the policies that shape children's lives on five continents. Across these research articles, it becomes clear that we cannot continue to assume a certain meaning of childhood, because this concept is bound by both cultural and structural factors. Cultural expectations influence how societies view children and how children view themselves. A handful of these studies show how immigrant children and youth provide particularly interesting insight as they navigate more than one cultural context. Structural factors also become salient, as children come from unequal backgrounds, different levels of economic development, and face varying political concerns. While these papers come from different doorsteps of the world, cultural and structural threads of continuity connect them as meaningful for children. This volume illustrates how international childhood researchers can use current concepts and theories into unlikely contexts exposing their limitations and helping to inform more versatile and robust lines of thinking for children and youth studies. Description based on print version record. Child development. Age groups: children. bicssc Age groups: adolescents. bicssc Social Science Children's Studies. bisacsh Print version: Sociological studies of children and youth. Vol. 10. 1st ed. Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2005 0762311835 (OCoLC)60676668 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/1537-4661/10 SSbacklist 222989 222989