The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies (Original PDF from Publisher)

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies navigates our understanding of the historical, political, social and cultural dimensions of childhood.

Transdisciplinary and transnational in content and scope, the Encyclopedia both reflects and enables the wide range of approaches, fields and understandings that have been brought to bear on the ever-transforming problem of the “child” over the last four decades

This four-volume encyclopedia covers a wide range of themes and topics, including:

Social Constructions of Childhood

Children’s Rights

Politics/Representations/Geographies

Child-specific Research Methods

Histories of Childhood/Transnational Childhoods

Sociology/Anthropology of Childhood

Theories and Theorists

Key Concepts

This interdisciplinary encyclopedia will be of interest to students and researchers in:

Childhood Studies

Sociology/Anthropology

Psychology/Education

Social Welfare

Cultural Studies/Gender Studies/Disabilty Studies