1st Edition
Children as Agents in Their Worlds A Psychological–Relational Perspective
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Concept of Agency in Childhood Studies
Chapter 3. Theorising Agency
Chapter 4. The Development of Children’s Agency
Chapter 5. Children’s Agency Within Families
Chapter 6. Children’s Agency in School and with Peers
Chapter 7. Children’s Agency in the Public Sphere: Rights and Participation
Chapter 8. Agency and Diversity: Variation in the Expression of Agency by Children
Chapter 9. A Theoretical Synthesis
References
Index
Biography
Sheila Greene is a developmental psychologist, former Professor of Childhood Research at Trinity College Dublin, and Pro-Chancellor of the University of Dublin.
Elizabeth Nixon is Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology at the School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
