...In this interview Professor Erica Burman reflects on her career as a critical developmental psychologist and group analyst. She emphasises that dominant mainstream Anglo-US psychology is only one of the psychologies that can be drawn upon and mobilised as a resource in childhood studies...

..., experiences and positive and negative aspects of those children’s lives are not adequately addressed in the current childhood studies literature and debates. He argues that if the field of childhood studies is to continue to thrive then it must broaden its base beyond the present concentration of white...

... meetings when people from a large international and interdisciplinary grouping began to realise that they were part of a new and exciting endeavour. In relation to the field of childhood studies which has subsequently emerged, she explains her continuing interest in studying the particularities...

... of feminism to her work and questions why the parallels between Women’s Studies and childhood studies have not been explored more fully in the childhood studies literature. Mayall Berry Thomas Coram Research Unit TCRU Tizard Jack Towards a sociology for childhood Mayall feminism qualitative research...

...Peter Moss is a historian by background with a particular interest in social pedagogy and radical education. He does not locate himself within any specific discipline or the field of childhood studies and prefers to think in philosophical rather than disciplinary terms. He explains how his...

.... Her training in ethnomethodology and in sociological theory has remained at the heart of her research. She is concerned that childhood studies and the sociology of childhood have failed to make a strong impact in the academy and politically. She references her extensive international experience, which...

...Key thinkers in childhood studies presents the contrasting perspectives of some of the leading figures involved in shaping the field of childhood studies over the last 30 years. Using in-depth interviews, 22 high profile pioneers, who represent a range of disciplines...

... principles can be of help in dealing with and overcoming these problems. After presenting the inequalities in the globalized postcolonial world as a political and ethical problem, it discusses the possibilities of adopting ethical symmetry in contemporary childhood studies. Selected dilemmas are discussed...

...This chapter describes the focus of the book. It then defines childhood studies and gives an account of its history emphasising the multiple roots and the diversity of viewpoints and methods within the field. The question as to whether or not childhood studies is an interdisciplinary field...

...Professor Jens Qvortrup is internationally recognised as one of the pioneers of the new sociological paradigm for the study of children and childhood which emerged in the early 1990s. In this interview he offers a personal account of his career and unusual route into childhood studies. He explains...

...Martin Woodhead is a psychologist by training who became involved in the beginnings of childhood studies in part out of dissatisfaction with the assumptions and methods of mainstream developmental psychology. He sees the roots of his interest in children’s lives and children’s rights in his Quaker...

... and space spaces youth policies Connolly W Gibson Graham J K childhood Conroy J New Social Studies of Childhood NSSC Hope/affirmative critique Critiques of childhood studies Public geographies Children's geographies Space and place The chapters in this collection demonstrate the various ways...

...This chapter follows some of the debates conducted in social childhood studies, such as the question of whether a ‘global childhood’ has developed during the processes of globalization and discusses the scope and limitations of Eurocentric childhood patterns. It explains what postcolonial...

...This chapter lays down the core theoretical premise of a ‘critical sociology of children’s leisure’ that draws on current debates within leisure studies as well as childhood studies and forges a conceptual ground for a critical analysis of middle-class British Indian children’s leisure geographies...

... critical geographical approach knowledge and power power policy discourse critical discourse analysis CDA discourse analysis Titscher S Childhood studies Children's geographies Public and policy geographies Critical discourse analysis Human geography In May 2010, a General Election resulted...

... exciting and important in securing a strong and stable future for the field of childhood studies. anthropology Benedict Ruth Christensen Pia Mead Margaret psychology Hardman Charlotte James Allison Mayall Berry Prout Alan Qvortrup Jens Bluebond Langner Myra Corsaro William A Jenks Chris social...

...Harry Hendrick is an historian and his publications have concentrated on the history of childhood. However he has worked with a number of social scientists from different disciplines, which he has found productive, and he has strong views on the achievements of childhood studies and its weaknesses...

...This chapter introduces Worcester, Massachusetts, Park Central School, and the project through the lens of a critical childhood studies perspective. A key tenet of critical childhood studies is to take children seriously as witnesses to their experiences, no matter where they “fit” into child...