Author: James Allison James

Being a child in American society can be problematic. Twenty percent of American children live in poverty, parents are divorcing at high rates, and educational institutions are not always fulfilling …

This text brings together sociological, anthropological and social policy perspectives on the life course with a view to developing the conceptual rigour of the term as well as to exploring the rich …

How do we know we are ill? Are health, illness and disability universal categories? How important is the body in our understanding of health? These crucial questions are just some of the issues tackl …

This text provides a critical analysis of the social construction of childhood and children’s agency. Through an interdisciplinary synthesis combining social theory, social policy and the empirical f …