Troubling Children

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Studies of Children and Social Problems

By: Joel Best

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Hardcover | 31 December 1994 | Edition Number 1

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253 Pages

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23.5 x 15.2 x 2.54

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Increasingly, sociologists have turned their attention to the social problems of children- in particular, of younger children. This collection reflects those recent interest. While most researchers have focused on social problems involving adolescents, this volume offers instead original case studies of problems concerning preadolescent children.

The papers that Best has gathered here represent different theoretical and methodological approaches. They report on social issues in Albania, Kenya, and Japan as well as in the United States. The range of social problems they address is a wide one, from broad societal crises to decision-making within families. Topics include the effects of economic and social crises in Africa and Eastern Europe; concerns about crack use and other forms of fetal endangerment; parental decisions about spanking, toy choices, and letting children listen to rock music; schooling in day care and elementary and junior high schools; and children's perceptions of environmental crises.

Troubling Children adds a new dimension to courses in social problems. It also offers a different set of perspectives for those concerned with sociology of preadolescent children and their discontents.

Industry Reviews

-Troubling Children presents original case studies of preadolescent children from Albania, Japan, Africa, and the US. Problems of young children are addressed from different theoretical and methodological approaches... The content of this collection is systematically presented and well organized, and the essays offer excellent data and a challenge for further study. The diversity of countries from which case studies are drawn contributes to a global perspective of the needs and issues of young children today. Highly recommended. All levels.-

--M. O. McMahon, Choice

-This collection of essays covers a wide range of topics pertaining to children and social problems, and thus serves as a useful introduction to the field.-

--Katherine Beckett, Contemporary Sociology "Troubling Children presents original case studies of preadolescent children from Albania, Japan, Africa, and the US. Problems of young children are addressed from different theoretical and methodological approaches... The content of this collection is systematically presented and well organized, and the essays offer excellent data and a challenge for further study. The diversity of countries from which case studies are drawn contributes to a global perspective of the needs and issues of young children today. Highly recommended. All levels."

--M. O. McMahon, Choice

"This collection of essays covers a wide range of topics pertaining to children and social problems, and thus serves as a useful introduction to the field."

--Katherine Beckett, Contemporary Sociology "Troubling Children presents original case studies of preadolescent children from Albania, Japan, Africa, and the US. Problems of young children are addressed from different theoretical and methodological approaches... The content of this collection is systematically presented and well organized, and the essays offer excellent data and a challenge for further study. The diversity of countries from which case studies are drawn contributes to a global perspective of the needs and issues of young children today. Highly recommended. All levels."

--M. O. McMahon, Choice

"This collection of essays covers a wide range of topics pertaining to children and social problems, and thus serves as a useful introduction to the field."

--Katherine Beckett, Contemporary Sociology

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