A landmark publication in the field, this state of the art reference work, with contributions from leading thinkers across a range of disciplines, is an essential guide to the study of children and childhood, and sets out future research agendas for the subject.

A landmark publication in the field, this state of the art reference work, with contributions from leading thinkers across a range of disciplines, is an essential guide to the study of children and childhood, and sets out future research agendas for the subject.

Das Lehrbuch zeigt die gesellschaftlichen Bedingungen auf, unter denen Kinder, Jugendliche, Erwachsene und Alte ihren Weg durch das Leben finden.

"Uber gesellschaftliche Bilder, wer wir in einem bestimmten Alter sind und sein sollen, und soziologische Erklarungen, wie wir werden, was wir sind, und wie das unser Bild von uns selbst beeinflusst."

Children and parents have become a focus of debates on new social risks in European welfare states. Policymaking elites have converged in defining such risks, and they have outlined new forms of parenting support to better safeguard children and activate their potential. Increasingly, parents are suspected of falling short of public expectations. Contributors to this special issue scrutinize this shift towards parenting as performance and report recent forms of parenting support.

Wie wird die Unterscheidung von Kindern und Erwachsenen sozial organisiert?