Sociological Studies of Children and Youth: Special International Volume (Sociological Studies of Children and Youth) (Sociological Studies of Children and Youth)

Annotation. This International Volume of Sociological Studies of Children and Youth shows the breadth of current empirical research that focuses on children and youth around the world. Coming from a range of methodological and theoretical orientations, this volume showcases the lives of children and the policies that shape children's lives on five continents. Across these research articles, it becomes clear that we cannot continue to assume a certain meaning of childhood, because this concept is bound by both cultural and structural factors. Cultural expectations influence how societies view children and how children view themselves. A handful of these studies show how immigrant children and youth provide particularly interesting insight as they navigate more than one cultural context. Structural factors also become salient, as children come from unequal backgrounds, different levels of economic development, and face varying political concerns. While these papers come from different doorsteps of the world, cultural and structural threads of continuity connect them as meaningful for children. This volume illustrates how international childhood researchers can use current concepts and theories into unlikely contexts exposing their limitations and helping to inform more versatile and robust lines of thinking for children and youth studies cover.jpg......Page 1 sdarticle.pdf......Page 2 sdarticle_001.pdf......Page 3 INTRODUCTION: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH......Page 5 REFERENCES......Page 10 INTRODUCTION......Page 11 CHILDREN IN THEIR HOMES......Page 14 CHILDREN EARNING MONEY......Page 17 ON THEIR OWN......Page 18 EMPLOYMENT......Page 20 CONCLUSION......Page 22 REFERENCES......Page 24 INTRODUCTION......Page 26 THE CITY OF MARILIA AND THE PARQUE DAS NAES FAVELA......Page 29 CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE PARQUE DAS NAES FAVELA......Page 30 CHILDREN, POVERTY, AND THE STEREOTYPE OF MARGINALITY......Page 31 TOYS AND GAMES ON THE STREETS OF THE FAVELA......Page 34 CONCLUSION......Page 40 REFERENCES......Page 42 INTRODUCTION......Page 45 THEORETICAL APPROACH......Page 46 Cultural Norms......Page 47 The Educational System......Page 48 The Social Welfare Systems......Page 50 EDUCATION......Page 51 Educational Achievement......Page 52 Educational Attainment......Page 53 Gender Differences in Educational Attainment......Page 56 Labor Force Participation......Page 57 Unemployment Rate......Page 60 Marriage......Page 62 Childbearing......Page 64 LEAVING PARENTAL HOME......Page 66 INTERRELATIONSHIPS AMONG TRANSITION MARKERS......Page 68 FAMILY BACKGROUND AND TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD......Page 69 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 71 REFERENCES......Page 73 INTRODUCTION......Page 76 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND......Page 77 THE CANADIAN CONTEXT OF VISIBLE MINORITIES......Page 78 THE SECOND GENERATION: FROM MOBILITY TO IDENTITY......Page 80 THE STUDY DESIGN......Page 82 Identity and Heritage......Page 84 INTERACTION AT HOME......Page 86 SOCIAL CHOICES: FRIENDSHIP, DATING AND MARRIAGE SELECTION......Page 88 DISCUSSION......Page 90 CONCLUSION......Page 94 REFERENCES......Page 98 INTRODUCTION......Page 101 FROM CHILDHOOD SOCIOLOGY TO THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL ORDERING......Page 102 THE SELF AS SOCIAL ADDRESS AND SOCIAL PROTAGONIST......Page 105 SELF IDEALS OF THE PRESENT - INDIVIDUALISM, DISPLAY, AESTHETICALIZATION......Page 108 SELF AND SOCIALIZATION - CHILDRENS LITERATURE AS GUIDE AND MIRROR......Page 109 METHOD: SELECTION OF BOOKS AND CONTENT ANALYSIS......Page 110 FROM PERSONAL OBLIGATION TO AN ABSTRACT HORIZON OF VALUES - TWO CHILDRENS DETECTIVE STORIES......Page 111 FROM RASCAL WITH A HEART TO UNSCRUPULOUS SELF-PROJECTOR - TWO SCHOOLBOY STORIES......Page 114 FROM CIVILIZATION TO AUTHENTICITY - THE GIRLS' TALK......Page 115 CONCLUSION - FROM FAMILIAR OBLIGATION TO COUPLING OF SELF-REFERENTIAL SUBJECTS......Page 117 REFERENCES......Page 120 INTRODUCTION......Page 125 CHILDRENS RIGHTS: INWARD PERSPECTIVES5......Page 127 The Research Setting......Page 130 Research Design and Instruments......Page 131 The Sample......Page 133 CHILDRENS VIEWS OF THEIR OWN RIGHTS: A DATA BASE......Page 135 Childrens Answer: The Data Set......Page 136 Molise vs. Catalonia......Page 138 Gender Differences......Page 140 Residential Differences......Page 141 Concluding Remarks......Page 142 INTRODUCING PARENTS' SOCIAL AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND......Page 144 CONCLUDING REMARKS: IS CHILDRENS REASONING ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS REALLY A "FLAT WORLD?"......Page 147 REFERENCES......Page 149 CHILDRENS DATA SET (#)......Page 151 INTRODUCTION......Page 153 HARTS LADDER OF PARTICIPATION......Page 154 THE ELEVEN PLUS SYSTEM IN NORTHERN IRELAND......Page 156 APPLYING HARTS MODEL OF EFFECTIVE RESEARCH......Page 158 ADULTS' INVOLVEMENT IN RESEARCH WITH CHILDREN......Page 162 CONCLUSION......Page 164 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 165 REFERENCES......Page 166 INTRODUCTION......Page 168 METHODS......Page 170 GENERATIONAL POWER PROCESSES WITHIN THE HOME......Page 171 Legitimate Authority......Page 173 Resource Power......Page 175 Anticipated Reactions......Page 177 SIBLING POWER......Page 178 ROUTINISED AND RECIPROCAL EXPECTATIONS......Page 180 CONCLUSION......Page 183 REFERENCES......Page 185 INTRODUCTION......Page 188 RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS: CORRELATES OF HEALTH-COMPROMISING BEHAVIOR......Page 189 CULTURE OF RISK?......Page 192 DATA AND METHODS......Page 193 Procedure......Page 194 Measurement......Page 195 Analysis......Page 197 RESULTS......Page 201 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 204 REFERENCES......Page 207 INTRODUCTION......Page 212 STUDIES IN CONSTRUCTING INVOLVEMENT......Page 214 DATA COLLECTION......Page 217 Analysis of Mentoring Activities......Page 218 ENGAGING AND EXPANDING INVOLVEMENT......Page 221 CONCLUSIONS......Page 225 REFERENCES......Page 227 INTRODUCTION......Page 229 WAR AND YOUNG CHILDRENS MORTALITY......Page 230 GENERAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT......Page 231 MILITARY PARTICIPATION......Page 232 WOMENS LITERACY......Page 233 INFRASTRUCTURE......Page 234 RELIGIOUS COMPOSITION......Page 235 DATA AND METHODS......Page 236 Previous Years at War 1946-1989 (War '46-'89)......Page 237 Childrens Mortality Rates......Page 239 Religious Composition......Page 240 RESULTS......Page 241 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION......Page 246 REFERENCES......Page 248 EIGHTY-EIGHT COUNTRIES INCLUDED IN THE STUDY......Page 252 INTRODUCTION......Page 254 Data......Page 256 Single-decrement Life Tables......Page 257 Periods of Observation......Page 258 Methodological Challenges......Page 259 Probability of Experiencing Cohabitation......Page 260 Expected Duration in Cohabitation......Page 262 Change in the Probability of Experiencing Cohabitation......Page 264 Change in Expected Duration in Cohabitation......Page 266 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 268 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 272 REFERENCES......Page 273 APPENDIX A......Page 275 sdarticle_015.pdf......Page 276