Structural, historical, and comparative perspectives

• Other Authors: Qvortrup, Jens.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2009.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Sociological studies of children and youth ; v. 12.
• Subjects: Children > Social conditions.; Age groups: children.; Age groups: adolescents.; Social Science > Children's Studies.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781848557338 (electronic bk.) : 1848557337 (electronic bk.) : 9781848557321 (hbk.)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 304 p.)

In this volume, guest editor Qvortrup brings together contributions representing structural, historical, and comparative perspectives on the study of children and youth. Here, childhood is conceived as a structural feature of society, subject to the stable and changing forces of the larger social co...