By regarding children as actors and conducting empirical research on children s agency, Childhood Studies have gained significant influence on a wide range of different academic disciplines. This has made agency one of the key concepts of Childhood Studies, with articles on the subject featured in handbooks and encyclopaedias.
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Reconceptualising Agency and Childhood "is the first collection devoted to the central concept of agency in Childhood Studies. With contributions from experts in the field, the chapters cover theoretical, practical, historical, transnational and institutional...
By regarding children as actors and conducting empirical research on children s agency, Childhood Studies have gained significant influence on a wi...