Childhood - Anthropology Products

By Jacqueline Reid-Walsh

Movable books are an innovative area of children’s publishing. Commonly equated with spectacular pop-ups, movable books have a little-known history as interactive, narrative media. Since they are hybrid artifacts consisting of words, images and movable components, they cross the borders between…

Hardback – 2017-09-21 
Routledge
Children's Literature and Culture

Edited by Dorothea E. Dette-Hagenmeyer, Andrea B. Erzinger, Barbara Reichle

The role of the father in a family and for his children has varied greatly throughout history. However, scientific research into fatherhood began relatively late at the end of the 1960s and early 1970s, with a strong focus on the impact of the father on child development. This book focuses on the…

Paperback – 2017-06-07
Routledge

Edited by Stuart Isaacs

European Social Problems is the first book to examine social issues in Europe from the perspective of the social sciences. It considers many of these social problems following the UK’s ‘leave’ vote. Key topics examined here include: immigration; multiculturalism and religion; health;…

Paperback – 2017-06-01
Routledge

Edited by Naomi Tyrrell, Allen White, Caitriona Ni Laoire, Fina Carpena Mendez

This book challenges the adult-centric tendencies of migration research and policy which often overlooks children and young people’s own experiences of migration. A wide range of international contributors provide careful analysis of the situations of children in contemporary transnational…

Paperback – 2017-05-24
Routledge

Edited by Wouter Vandenhole, Ellen Desmet, Didier Reynaert, Sara Lembrechts

Since the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) children’s rights have assumed a central position in a wide variety of disciplines and policies. This handbook offers an engaging overview of the contemporary research landscape for those people in the theory and practice of…

Paperback – 2017-05-18
Routledge

Edited by John Horton, Michelle Pyer

The very notions of childhood and youth are intimately connected to contemporary norms, practices and spaces of care, caring and care-giving. The provision of care is widely figured as both the primary responsibility of parents, carers and practitioners who work with children and young people, and…

Hardback – 2017-04-26
Routledge
Routledge Spaces of Childhood and Youth Series

By Marsha D. Walton, Alice J. Davidson

Conflict Narratives in Middle Childhood presents evidence from twenty years of research, examining nearly 3,000 narratives from 1,600 children in eight settings in two countries about their own experiences with interpersonal conflict. Close readings, combined with systematic analysis of dozens of…

Paperback – 2017-03-16
Psychology Press

Edited by Pat Dolan, Nick Frost

In the context of the increasing global movement of people and a growing evidence base for differing outcomes in child welfare, Routledge Handbook of Global Child Welfare provides a compelling account of child welfare, grounded in the latest theory, policy and practice. Drawing on eminent…

Hardback – 2017-02-16
Routledge
Routledge International Handbooks

Edited by Martin D. Ruck, Michele Peterson-Badali, Michael Freeman

While the notion of young people as individuals worthy or capable of having rights is of relatively recent origin, over the past several decades there has been a substantial increase in both social and political commitment to children’s rights as well as a tendency to grant young people some of the…

Paperback – 2016-12-16
Routledge

Edited by Anne C. Petersen, Silvia H. Koller, Frosso Motti-Stefanidi, Suman Verma

The youth of the world are our most important assets. When youth develop positively, they have the power to benefit themselves, their families, communities, and societies. These tremendous benefits accrue for many generations, so investments in youth represent a highly cost-effective opportunity…

Paperback – 2016-12-13
Routledge

Edited by Christopher Kelen, Bjorn Sundmark

This book explores representations of child autonomy and self-governance in children’s literature.The idea of child rule and child realms is central to children’s literature, and childhood is frequently represented as a state of being, with children seen as aliens in need of passports to Adultland…

Hardback – 2016-12-05
Routledge
Children's Literature and Culture

Edited by Heather Montgomery

This landmark publication from Routledge reflects the widespread recognition of Childhood Studies as a significant and mature area of cross-disciplinary study and research. And as serious scholarly work in and around Childhood Studies blossoms as never before, this new four-volume collection from…

Hardback – 2016-08-19
Routledge
Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences