Children at the Millennium: Where Have We Come From? Where Are We Going?

Owens, Timothy J; Hofferth, Sandra L.

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Table of contents
  • Cover
  • CONTENTSv
  • LIST OF CONTRIBUTORSvii
  • PREFACEix
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTSxi
  • CHAPTER 1. CHILDREN AT THE MILLENNIUM: A REPORT FROM THE SOCIAL SCIENCES1
  • SECTION I: HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN AND CHILDHOOD1
  • CHAPTER 2. CHILDREN IN YOUNG AND AGING SOCIETIES: THE ORDER OF GENERATIONS AND MODELS OF CHILDHOOD I11
  • CHAPTER 3. FROM THE CHICAGO SCHOOL TO THE NEW SOCIOLOGY OF CHILDREN: THE SOCIOLOGY OF CHILDREN AND C53
  • SECTION II: FROM VALUES AND BELIEFS TO POSITIVE BEHAVIOR95
  • CHAPTER 4. PARENTAL VALUES, BELIEFS, AND BEHAVIOR: A REVIEW AND PROMULGA FOR RESEARCH INTO THE NEW C97
  • CHAPTER 5. PREVENTING PROBLEMS VS. PROMOTING THE POSITIVE: WHAT DO WE WANT FOR OUR CHILDREN?141
  • SECTION III: CHILDREN’S CHANGING EXPERIENCES171
  • CHAPTER 6. MEN’S FLIGHT FROM CHILDREN IN THE U.S.: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE173
  • CHAPTER 7. CHANGES IN AMERICAN CHILDREN’S TIME, 1981–1997193
  • SECTION IV: THE CONTEXTS OF CHILDREN’S LIVES231
  • CHAPTER 8. ADOLESCENTS’ ANTICIPATIONS OF WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT IN A CHANGING SOCIETAL CONTEXT233
  • CHAPTER 9. CHANGING NEIGHBORHOODS AND CHILD WELL-BEING: UNDERSTANDING HOW CHILDREN MAY BE AFFECTED I263
  • CHAPTER 10. CONFRONTING THE DILEMMAS OF CHILD WELFARE: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE303
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780762307760
  • ISBN-13 9780080545165
  • Author Owens, Timothy J; Hofferth, Sandra L.
  • Category Social Science
  • Subject Children's Studies

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