Preface Jo Moran-Ellis Future-proofing childhood studies? If we can't predict the future, can we at least prepare for it? Heinz Sünker Social theory, social history and childhood studies - back to the future? Notes for a Research Program Rita Braches-Chyrek Poor child, rich child: the effects of social processes on inclusion and exclusion Doris Bühler-Niederberger Intergenerational solidarities - toward a structural approach to childhood sociology Miriam Böttner The generational order perspective(s) and its implementation in childhood studies Aytüre Türkyilmaz 'Toward the Past, the Future and the Present' - A Theoretical and Empirical Perspective on the Child as (Inter-)Actor Nigel Thomas Childhood and Participation: between domination and freedom Melanie Kubandt On self-reflection in childhood studies - The methodological-methodological challenge of understanding doing gender by children Charlotte Röhner Children as Refugees Christina Müller Children with migration experience in Germany - A Critical Reflection Sabina Schutter What is a child? The ontological character of debates about the anchoring of children's rights in German Basic Law Carina Fischer Different perspectives of professions on risk factors for child maltreatment Margareth Sandvik Technologies as facilitators for children's literacy and language learning Annika Heinl Digital Natives: Media as a new challenge and opportunity of Early Childhood Education Contributors Index
Dr. Rita Braches-Chyrek is Professor of Social Pedagogy at Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg, Germany.