Sociological Studies of Children and Youth, Volume 8 (Sociological Studies of Children and Youth)

The volumes in this series illustrate how social organization and private, emotional experience are different phases of the social process. They show the steps by which emotional experience is shaped by social structural, macro-level processes and how these processes are changed by experience.

This volume of Sociological Studies of Children and Youth showcases timely and important work of active, early-career sociologists helping to define the direction of the sub-field. Their work shares basic premises and concerns: Children and youth are active agents in their own socialization, produce meaning and action collaboratively with peers, and struggle for agency in various social contexts. These themes shape essentially all of the contributions.

The volume is organized in two parts. Following the Introduction, six chapters make up Part One, Empirical Studies. Two quantitative analyses lead off: first an examination of residential mobility, peer networks and life-course transitions; second, a look at adolescents' participation in a particular social movement. Two ethnographic studies follow - here the foci are Zero Tolerance school discipline policies, and female athletes' construction of femininity. A comparative content analysis of teen magazine advice columns, and a qualitative study of construction of adoptive family identities, round out Part One.

Three chapters constitute Part Two, Innovations in Theory and Research Methods. The first offers an analysis of two films that explore children's struggle for agency and control. The next chapter develops a typology of children's participation in social movements, employing fascinating first-person narrative accounts. The final chapter demonstrates the unique ability of group interviews to capture processes through which adolescents accomplish group talk, develop shared perspectives, and construct gender identities.

SOCIOLOGICAL S TUDIES OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH......Page 1 INTRODUCTION......Page 2 "WITHOUT THE PARENT YOU LOSE THE CHILD": TEACHERS' EXPECTATIONS AND PARENTS' (NON-)INVOLVEMENT......Page 10 INTERRACIAL RELATION SHIPS AND RACIAL IDENTITY PROCESSES IN AN URBAN MOTHER-AND-CHILD REHABILITATION PROGRAM......Page 50 THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW: CHILDREN'S RACIAL SELF-CLASSIFICATION......Page 76 THE SOCIAL WORLD OF MALE AND FEMALE ATHLETES IN HIGH SCHOOL......Page 93 ON THE NATURE AND DEVELOPMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ADOLESCENT ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS......Page 115 NEW SKILLS TO LEARN IN PEER GROUPS......Page 144 SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF WHITE YOUTHS' RACIAL ATTITUDES: EVIDENCE FROM A NATIONAL SURVEY......Page 173 BETWEEN A "SOFT" AND A "HARD" PLACE: GENDER IDENTITY IN THE SCHOOLING AND JOB BEHAVIORS OF LOW-INCOME MINORITY YOUTH......Page 208 VIOLENT EVENTS AND SOCIAL IDENTITY: SPECIFYING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RESPECT AND MASCULINITY IN INNER-CITY YOUTH VIOLENCE......Page 231 "TROUB LEMAK ERS," "AVERAGE KIDS," AND "BETTER-BEHAVED YOUTH": THE POLITICS OF LABELING IN SOCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY......Page 266 YOUNG CITIZENS" THE POSITION OF CHILDREN IN COMMUNITARIAN THEORY......Page 291 ABOUT THE AUTHORS......Page 311 Over the last two decades, parent participation in children's schooling has been increasingly viewed by educators, researchers, policy-makers, and the lay-public alike as essential for children's academic success.