![The Ecology of Playful Childhood]( "The Ecology of Playful Childhood")
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Takada, A. (2020)
While studies of San children have attained the peculiar status of having delineated the prototype for hunter-gatherer childhood, relatively few serious ethnographic studies of …
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![Children's Mobilities]( "Children's Mobilities")
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Murray, L., Cortés-Morales, S. (2019)
This book offers a critical and comprehensive analysis of children’s mobilities by focusing on its interdependent, imagined and relational aspects. In doing so, it challenges …
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![Identities, Youth and Belonging]( "Identities, Youth and Belonging")
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Habib, S. (Ed), Ward, M. R. M. (Ed) (2019)
This book contains empirical research from established and emerging scholars who draw upon interdisciplinary perspectives of space and place in order to investigate young people’s …
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![The Internet of Toys]( "The Internet of Toys")
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Mascheroni, G. (Ed), Holloway, D. (Ed) (2019)
The Internet of Toys (IoToys) is a developing market within our Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. This book examines the rise of internet-connected toys and aims to anticipate …
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![The Public Life of Friendship]( "The Public Life of Friendship")
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Wilkinson, J. (2019)
This book is about friendships in public settings today. Wilkinson examines friendships in the public settings of neighbourhoods, civil society and at work. Identifying the unique …
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![Gypsy and Traveller Girls]( "Gypsy and Traveller Girls")
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Marcus, G. (2019)
This book presents the untold stories of Gypsy and Traveller girls living in Scotland. Drawing on accounts of the girls’ lives and offering space for their voices to be heard, the …
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![Participation in Child Protection]( "Participation in Child Protection")
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Duncan, M. (2019)
There have long been doubts within social work about the viability of reconciling participatory practice with the statutory power that comes hand-in-hand with child protection …
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![Friendship and Diversity]( "Friendship and Diversity")
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Vincent, C., Neal, S., Iqbal, H. (2018)
Do people make friends with those who are culturally and socially different to themselves? Friendship and Diversity explores the social relationships of adults and children living …
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![Childhood and Markets]( "Childhood and Markets")
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Martens, L. (2018)
This book explores how young children and new families are located in the consumer world of affluent societies. The author assesses the way in which the value of infants and …
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![Disclosing Childhoods]( "Disclosing Childhoods")
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Spyrou, S. (2018)
Disclosing Childhoods offers a critical account of knowledge production in childhood studies. The book argues for the need to be reflexive about the knowledge practices of the …
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![New Directions in Children’s Welfare]( "New Directions in Children’s Welfare")
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Pinkney, S. (2018)
This book makes a distinctive contribution to reflections on what child-centred practice means in the complex area of child welfare. With a theoretical framework informed by …
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![Childhood and Sexuality]( "Childhood and Sexuality")
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Moore, A., Reynolds, P. (2018)
This book explores how children engage with sex and sexuality. Building on a conceptual and legal grounding in sexuality studies and the new sociology of childhood, the authors …
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![Playing with America's Doll]( "Playing with America's Doll")
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Zaslow, E. (2017)
This critical account of the American Girl brand explores what its books and dolls communicate to girls about femininity, racial identity, ethnicity, and what it means to be an …
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![Finding Lost Childhoods]( "Finding Lost Childhoods")
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Murray, S. (2017)
This book explores care-leavers’ access to their personal records. People who grew up in care in previous decades may know little about their family nor understand why they were …
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![Young People's Perspectives on End-of-Life]( "Young People's Perspectives on End-of-Life")
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Coombs, S. (2017)
This book challenges adult assumptions that young-people do not, cannot and should not think about death. The author uses everyday material objects in order to facilitate a range …
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![Queer Youth, Suicide and Self-Harm]( "Queer Youth, Suicide and Self-Harm")
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McDermott, E., Roen, K. (2016)
Offering a new way of understanding the high self-harm and suicide rates among sexual and gender minority youth, this book prioritises the perspectives and experiences of queer …
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![Youth and Substance Abuse]( "Youth and Substance Abuse")
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Daley, K. (2016)
This book provides a sociological examination of young people’s pathways into, and out of, substance abuse. Drawing from in-depth, life-history interviews with over sixty young …
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![A European Youth Revolt]( "A European Youth Revolt")
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van der Steen, B., Andresen, K. (Ed) (2016)
During the early 1980s, large parts of Europe were swept with riots and youth revolts. Radicalised young people occupied buildings and clashed with the police in cities such as …
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![Eastern European Youth Cultures in a Global Context]( "Eastern European Youth Cultures in a Global Context")
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Schwartz, M. (Ed), Winkel, H. (Ed) (2016)
The demise of state Socialisms caused radical social, cultural and economic changes in Eastern Europe. Since then, young people have been confronted with fundamental disruptions …
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![Fostering Mixed Race Children]( "Fostering Mixed Race Children")
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Peters, F. (2016)
The ‘mixed race’ classification is known to be a factor of disadvantage in children’s social care and this fastest growing population is more likely than any other ethnic group to …
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