Publisher's Synopsis
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies navigates our understanding of the historical, political, social and cultural dimensions of childhood.
Transdisciplinary and transnational in content and scope, the Encyclopedia both reflects and enables the wide range of approaches, fields and understandings that have been brought to bear on the ever-transforming problem of the "child" over the last four decades
This four-volume encyclopedia covers a wide range of themes and topics, including:
Social Constructions of Childhood
Children's Rights
Politics/Representations/Geographies
Child-specific Research Methods
Histories of Childhood/Transnational Childhoods
Sociology/Anthropology of Childhood
Theories and Theorists
Key Concepts
This interdisciplinary encyclopedia will be of interest to students and researchers in:
Childhood Studies
Sociology/Anthropology
Psychology/Education
Social Welfare
Cultural Studies/Gender Studies/Disabilty Studies
