A Window on the 'New' Sociology of Childhood

This article is intended as a window on the body of research that has come to be known as the ‘new sociology of childhood’. To elucidate its underlying tenets I identify three major weaknesses that scholars in the ‘new’ sociology find in the ‘old’ conceptualization – socialization – and discuss impl...

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Published in:Sociology compass 2007-09, Vol.1 (1), p.322-334
Main Author: Matthews, Sarah H.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Academic Disciplines
Children
Concepts
Sociology
United States of America
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Summary:This article is intended as a window on the body of research that has come to be known as the ‘new sociology of childhood’. To elucidate its underlying tenets I identify three major weaknesses that scholars in the ‘new’ sociology find in the ‘old’ conceptualization – socialization – and discuss implications for doing research on children and childhood. I suggest that scholars in the United States are on a somewhat different path than their colleagues in other Western countries. Finally, I argue that the view that children are not yet members of their societies is one that is difficult to undermine.
ISSN:1751-9020
1751-9020
DOI:10.1111/j.1751-9020.2007.00001.x