Childhood and society : growing up in an age of uncertainty / Nick Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Nick, 1968-

Series:

Issues in society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socialization.

Children.

Child development.

Physical Description:

xiv, 157 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Buckingham ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 2001.

Contents:

Introduction: childhood and human variation 1

Part 1 Human beings and human becomings 5

1 What do you want to be when you grow up? 7

Introduction: journey's end? 7

Standard adulthood: deviant childhood 8

Flexible adults in an age of uncertainty 10

Conclusion: adulthood, authority and the age of uncertainty 19

2 Defining the dependent child 21

Dependencies: necessary and accidental 22

Modernity and 'garden cultures' 25

The preservation of children 27

Child concern: from reasons of state to the interests of the child 31

Globalization and dependency 33

Conclusion: dependency and ambiguity 34

3 Beings in their own right? The recognition and mis-recognition of children 36

What is the 'dominant framework'? 38

Challenging the dominant framework 43

Recognizing children 46

Conclusion: outstanding questions 54

Part 2 Ambiguities of childhood 55

4 Children out of place: ambiguity and social order 57

Developing nations, structural adjustment and street children 59

Social capital and community 63

Conclusion: children bearing the burden of uncertainty 68

5 Children in their place: home, school and media 70

Ambiguity in the family home 72

Ambiguity at school 77

6 New places for children: voice, rights and decision-making 87

Who knows best? 88

The promise of a 'global place' for children 91

Child witnesses in adult courts 96

Part 3 Human becomings and social research 103

7 Childhood and extension: the multiplication of becoming 105

The critique of central control 106

Derrida and incompleteness 108

Assemblages and multiple becomings 113

Becomings, change and speed 117

8 Towards an immature sociology 121

Adulthood, confidence and truth regimes 122

Elements of an immature sociology 128

9 Conclusion: growing up and slowing down 136

Growing up: adulthood, childhood and speed 140

Becoming to an end 142.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [144]-148) and index.

ISBN:

0335206093

0335206085

OCLC:

45835577