Children in Changing Worlds
Sociocultural and Temporal Perspectives

Applies a historical, cultural, and life-course developmental framework toward understanding children's lives in a changing world.

Ross D. Parke (Edited by), Glen H. Elder, Jr. (Edited by)

9781108404464, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 8 August 2019

324 pages, 11 b/w illus. 1 table
22.7 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.54 kg

'Children in Changing Worlds is an extraordinary body of work. Edited by renowned scholars Parke (Univ. of California, Riverside) and Elder (Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), this collection helps readers understand child development in an ever-changing, fast-paced world. Focusing on children in urban environments, migrant children, and children of means, Parke and Elder have brought together world-class experts on child development and behavior. They delve into historical and life course transitions, facilitating in particular readers' understanding of the impact of education, developmental risks, and resilience. The book also immerses readers in the discourse on family and how it influences child development before concluding with an interdisciplinary dialogue from developmental and sociological perspectives. This is an essential read for anyone studying child development.' D. E. Kelly, Choice

Children live in rapidly changing times that require them to constantly adapt to new economic, social, and cultural conditions. In this book, a distinguished, interdisciplinary group of scholars explores the issues faced by children in contemporary societies, such as discrimination in school and neighborhoods, the emergence of new family forms, the availability of new communication technologies, and economic hardship, as well as the stresses associated with immigration, war, and famine. The book applies a historical, cultural, and life-course developmental framework for understanding the factors that affect how children adjust to these challenges, and offers a new perspective on how changing historical circumstances alter children's developmental outcomes. It is ideal for researchers and graduate students in developmental and educational psychology or the sociology and anthropology of childhood.

Part I. Theoretical and Methodological Approaches: A Cross-Disciplinary Challenge: 1. Theoretical orientation, methodological advances and a guide to the volume Ross D. Parke and Glen H. Elder, Jr
Part II. Historical and Life Course Transitions: Economic and Demographic Change: 2. When societal events occur in lives: developmental linkages and turning points Glen H. Elder, Jr and Martha J. Cox
3. Entering adulthood in the Great Recession: a tale of three countries Ingrid Schoon and John Bynner
4. Developmental risk and resilience in the context of devastation and forced migration Ann S. Masten, Frosso Motti-Stefanidi and Hayley A. Rahl
5. Children's migratory paths between cultures: the effects of migration experiences on the adjustment of children and families Amy K. Marks, G. Alice Woolverton and Cynthia García Coll
6. Education in historical and cultural perspective Robert Crosnoe
Part III. Social, Legal and Technological Change: Impact on Children: 7. The urban world of minority and majority children Tama Leventhal, Julius Anastasio and Veronique Dupéré
8. Changing family forms: the implications for children's development Ross D. Parke
9. Communication technologies and social transformation: their impact on human development Patricia M. Greenfield
Part IV. Views of the Interdisciplinary Dialogue: From Developmental Psychology and Sociology: 10. A developmentalist's viewpoint: 'It's about time!' Ecological systems, transaction, and specificity as key developmental principles in children's changing worlds Marc H. Bornstein
11. A sociologist's perspective Jeylan T. Mortimer.

Subject Areas: Personal & social issues: family issues [Children's / Teenage YXF], Family psychology [JMF], Child & developmental psychology [JMC], Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography [JHMC], Sociology: family & relationships [JHBK], Sociology & anthropology [JH], Social interaction [JFFP], Social discrimination & inequality [JFFJ], Social impact of disasters [JFFC], Social & cultural history [HBTB]