Michael Wyness 
Childhood [EPUB ebook] 

What is childhood? In recent years, a cluster of critical and
complex ideas have emerged around the nature of biological, social
and psychological growth in the early years, reflecting the
changing nature of adult – child relations, and political and
cultural understandings of childhood in the twenty-first
century.

In this clear and concise book, Michael Wyness offers fresh
insights into the current state of play within childhood studies.
Drawing on work from a number of disciplines including sociology,
geography and history, he discusses the contested terrain of
theoretical and research advances with particular attention to the
notion of children’s agency and the concept of global
childhoods. Key conceptual debates are illustrated through a range
of contemporary issues that affect children and adults, including
inequality, child abuse, ill-health, child labour, sexualization
and identity formation.

This book will appeal to students and academics within the fields
of sociology, education, geography, history and childhood studies.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction

Chapter 1. Conceptualizing Agency

Chapter 2. The Recognition and Distribution of Children’s Agency

Chapter 3. Childhood, Globalization and Global Standards

Chapter 4. Childhoods: Diversity and Hybridity

Chapter 5. Childhood and Generation

Chapter 6. Childhood, Wellbeing and Multi-Disciplinarity

Conclusion: Relocating Children and Childhood

References

Om författaren

Michael Wyness is Associate Professor in Childhood Studies at the University of Warwick, and author of Childhood and Society, 2nd edition (2011).