Children at the millennium : where have we come from, where are we going? / edited by Sandra L. Hofferth, Timothy J. Owens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Owens, Timothy J. (Timothy Joseph)

Hofferth, Sandra L.

Series:

Advances in life course research ; v. 6.

Advances in life course research ; v. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child development.

Children--Social conditions.

Children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : JAI, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Children at the Millennium

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1. CHILDREN AT THE MILLENNIUM: A REPORT FROM

THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

Timothy J. Owens and Sandra L. Hofferth

SECTION I: HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE

PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN AND CHILDHOOD

2. CHILDREN IN YOUNG AND AGING SOCIETIES: THE

ORDER OF GENERATIONS AND MODELS OF

CHILDHOOD IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

Juergen Zinnecker

3. FROM THE CHICAGO SCHOOL TO THE NEW

SOCIOLOGY OF CHILDREN: THE SOCIOLOGY OF

CHILDREN AND CHILDHOOD IN THE UNITED STATES,

1900-1999

Heather Beth Johnson

SECTION II: FROM VALUES AND BELIEFS TO

POSITIVE BEHAVIOR

4. PARENTAL VALUES, BELIEFS, AND BEHAVIOR:

A REVIEW AND PROMULGA FOR RESEARCH INTO

THE NEW CENTURY

Duane F Alwin

5. PREVENTING PROBLEMS VS. PROMOTING THE

POSITIVE: WHAT DO WE WANT FOR OUR CHILDREN?

Kristin A. Moore and Tamara G. Halle

SECTION IH: CHILDREN'S CHANGING EXPERIENCES

6. MEN'S FLIGHT FROM CHILDREN IN THE U.S.:

A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Dennis P. Hogan and Frances Goldscheider

7. CHANGES IN AMERICAN CHILDREN'S TIME,

1981-1997

Sandra L. Hofferth and John E Sandberg

SECTION IV: THE CONTEXTS OF CHILDREN'S LIVES

8. ADOLESCENTS' ANTICIPATIONS OF WORK-FAMILY

CONFLICT IN A CHANGING SOCIETAL CONTEXT

Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson, Sabrina Oesterle and

Jeylan T. Mortimer

9. CHANGING NEIGHBORHOODS AND CHILD

WELL-BEING: UNDERSTANDING HOW CHILDREN

MAY BE AFFECTED IN THE COMING CENTURY

Tama Leventhal and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

10. CONFRONTING THE DILEMMAS OF CHILD

WELFARE: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

Penelope L. Maza.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-281-02659-X

9786611026592

0-08-054516-5

OCLC:

476075753