In Uncivil Youth, Soo Ah Kwon explores youth of color activism as linked to the making of democratic citizen-subjects. Focusing attention on the relations of power that inform the social and political
In Uncivil Youth, Soo Ah Kwon explores youth of color activism as linked to the making of democratic citizen-subjects. Focusing attention on the relations of power that inform the social and political
Rather than focusing on older adults as a category, according to the introductory essay, anthropologists have begun to look at aging as a stage of life and to study the complexities of the life-course
Recently, American youth have demonstrated en masse about a variety of issues ranging from economic injustice and massive inequality to drastic cuts in education and public services. Youth in Revolt c
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Low fertility in Europe has given rise to the notion of a ‘fertility crisis’. This book shifts the attention from fertility decline to why people do have children, asking what children mean to them. I
A millennial examines how his generation is profoundly impacting politics, business, media, and activismThey’ve been called trophy kids, entitled, narcissistic, the worst employees in history, and eve
A powerful indictment of America’s abandonment of human beings, and children in particular, in favor of corporations, this account exposes the child labor, indentured servitude, and child slavery aspe
What woman hasn't looked in the mirror and wondered who was staring back at her? Or gasped at how grown up her children look? Or puzzled at how her friends are aging prematurely? I'm Too Young to Be T
Expert suggestions for guiding your child through the rough teenage years Does it sometimes seem like your teenager is trying to push you over the edge? Learn what your child is going through and what
With the world experiencing a global population aging boom in nearly every country in the world, McDaniel (U. of Lethbridge, Canada) and Zimmer (U. of California, US) argue that the trend of demograph
Now in paperback from "New York Times" reporter Patricia Cohen, a "lively, well-researched chronicle" ("The New York Times Book Review") of the concept of middle age, from the nineteenth century to th
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Explores key issues in early childhood studies from a social science perspective, exploring how social science can offer explanations to many aspects of human behaviour.
Early childhood development research offers solutions to several of the world's social and economic problems - solutions that can break the cycle of intergenerational poverty, improve the health, educ
The third edition of this essential text has been updated and expanded with new material that reflects the most recent developments in the field, and explores our current understanding of a broad rang
