Traditionally, children and adults have been treated as different kinds of person, with adults seen as complete, stable and self-controlling, and children seen as incomplete, changeable and in need of control. This work argues that in the early 21st century, "growing up" can no longer be understood as a movement toward personal completion and stability. Careers, intimate relationships, even identities, are increasingly provisional, bringing into question the division between the mature and the immature and thereby differences between adults and children. The book charts the emergence of the conceptual and institutional divisions between adult "human beings" and child "human becomings" over the course of the modern era. It then examines the contemporary economic and ideological trends that are eroding the foundations of these divisions. The consequences of this age of uncertainty are examined through an assessment of sociological theories of childhood and through a survey of children's varied positions in a globalized and highly mediated world.
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"In this reader-friendly book, Nick Lee gives a careful guide to new research about childhood" - Priscilla Alderson (Infant and Child Development )
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Nick Lee is a lecturer in sociology at the University of Keele. His doctorate in psychology was based on studies of the UK child protection system, as was his masters degree in social research. He has published numerous articles on childhood and on social theory.
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A division is often drawn between adult 'human beings' and child 'human becomings'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
childhood ambiguity, standard adulthood, mature sociology, disciplinary schooling, childhood ambiguities, passive becomings, dominant framework, recognizing children, dependent becomings, human becomings, truth regime, developmental state, sensitizing concepts, childhood dependency, global regulation, child witnesses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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A division is often drawn between adult 'human beings' and child 'human becomings'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
childhood ambiguity, standard adulthood, mature sociology, disciplinary schooling, childhood ambiguities, passive becomings, dominant framework, recognizing children, dependent becomings, human becomings, truth regime, developmental state, sensitizing concepts, childhood dependency, global regulation, child witnesses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood: Contemporary Issues in the Sociological Study of Childhood by Allison James in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Social Exclusion (Issues in Society) by David Byrne in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Power of Identity: The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture, Volume II (The Information Age) 2nd Edition by Manuel Castells in Back Matter
- Small Wars: The Cultural Politics of Childhood by Nancy Scheper-Hughes in Back Matter
- Making Sense by Nadia Marks in Back Matter
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- The Consumption of Mass (Sociological Review Monographs) by Nicholas Lee on page 188, and Back Matter
- Health and Social Change: A Critical Theory by SCAMBLER in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Health and Social Change: A Critical Theory by Graham Scrambler in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Social Solidarities: Theories, Identities and Social Change (Issues in Society) by Graham Crow in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Social Exclusion (Issues in Society) by David Byrne in Front Matter
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