1st Edition

A Case of Neglect? (1996) Children's Experiences and the Sociology of Childhood

Edited By Ian Butler, Ian F Shaw Copyright 1996
194 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

Published in 1996, this book advocates and persuasively exemplifies a qualitative sociology of childhood, spoken repeatedly through children’s voices. After a long period of dormancy, interest in the sociology of childhood became a focus of attention and scholarly interest. Developments in practice by professionals working and learning in the fields of welfare, education, and youth and... Read more

1. Children and the Sociology of Childhood, Butler. 2. Unbroken Voices: Children, Young People and Qualitative Methods, Shaw. 3. ‘Mirror, Mirror on the Wall. Who is the Fairest of Them All?’ Involuntary Childlessness and Identity, Selwyn. 4. I Don’t Eat Peas Anyway! Classroom Stories and the Social Construction of Childhood, Pugsley, Coffey, Delamont. 5. Growing Up Respectable, Parry. 6. ‘Safe’? Involving Children in Child Protection, Butler, Williamson. 7. Whose Life is it Anyway? Crowley. 8. Accounting for ‘Child Prostitution', Crowley, Patel. 9. How do Young Asian and White People View their Problems? A Step Towards Child-focused Research, Katz. 10. So Much for ‘Participation’: Youth Work and Young People, Williamson.

Biography

Ian Butler, Ian F Shaw