Children in Changing Worlds: Sociocultural and Temporal Perspectives

Cambridge University Press, 7/31/2019
EAN 9781108404464, ISBN10: 1108404464

Paperback, 328 pages, 22.7 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Language: English

Children live in rapidly changing times that require them to constantly adapt to new economic, social, and cultural conditions. In this book, a distinguished, interdisciplinary group of scholars explores the issues faced by children in contemporary societies, such as discrimination in school and neighborhoods, the emergence of new family forms, the availability of new communication technologies, and economic hardship, as well as the stresses associated with immigration, war, and famine. The book applies a historical, cultural, and life-course developmental framework for understanding the factors that affect how children adjust to these challenges, and offers a new perspective on how changing historical circumstances alter children's developmental outcomes. It is ideal for researchers and graduate students in developmental and educational psychology or the sociology and anthropology of childhood.

Part I. Theoretical and Methodological Approaches
A Cross-Disciplinary Challenge
1. Theoretical orientation, methodological advances and a guide to the volume Ross D. Parke and Glen H. Elder, Jr
Part II. Historical and Life Course Transitions
Economic and Demographic Change
2. When societal events occur in lives
developmental linkages and turning points Glen H. Elder, Jr and Martha J. Cox
3. Entering adulthood in the Great Recession
a tale of three countries Ingrid Schoon and John Bynner
4. Developmental risk and resilience in the context of devastation and forced migration Ann S. Masten, Frosso Motti-Stefanidi and Hayley A. Rahl
5. Children's migratory paths between cultures
the effects of migration experiences on the adjustment of children and families Amy K. Marks, G. Alice Woolverton and Cynthia García Coll
6. Education in historical and cultural perspective Robert Crosnoe
Part III. Social, Legal and Technological Change
Impact on Children
7. The urban world of minority and majority children Tama Leventhal, Julius Anastasio and Veronique Dupéré
8. Changing family forms
the implications for children's development Ross D. Parke
9. Communication technologies and social transformation
their impact on human development Patricia M. Greenfield
Part IV. Views of the Interdisciplinary Dialogue
From Developmental Psychology and Sociology
10. A developmentalist's viewpoint
'It's about time!' Ecological systems, transaction, and specificity as key developmental principles in children's changing worlds Marc H. Bornstein
11. A sociologist's perspective Jeylan T. Mortimer.