Key Concepts in Childhood Studies - Paperback

by Allison James (Author), Adrian L. James (Author)

This book has already proved itself as a course adoption leader in Childhood Studies.

All of the strengths of the First Edition have been retained. The book is comprehensive and judged with the needs of students in mind. It is a model of clarity and precision and has been acknowledged as such in reviews and course feedback.

The new edition thoroughly revises old entries and adds new ones. The book is the most accessible, relevant student introduction to this expanding, interdisciplinary field.

It is an indispensable teaching text and an ideal prompt for researchers.

Author Biography

Adrian James is Emeritus Professor of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Sheffield. He trained and practised as a probation officer and was subsequently extensively involved in their training. After becoming an academic in 1978, he researched and published widely in the field of socio-legal studies, including the completion of two major ESRC-funded projects on child welfare and divorce. Appointed as Professor of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Bradford in 1998, he became Professor of Social Work at the University of Sheffield in September 2004, during which time he was also Professor II at the Norwegian Centre for Child Research at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. He was a Special Adviser to the House of Commons Select Committee on the Lord Chancellor′s Department when it scrutinised the work of the Children And Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) in 2002-03. His recent books include Constructing Childhood: Theory, Policy and Social Practice (co-authored with Allison James and published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2004), The Child Protection Handbook, Elsevier/Ballière-Tindall, London/Edinburgh, 2007 (3rd. edn) (joint editor with K. Wilson), and European Childhoods: Cultures, Politics and Childhoods in Europe (edited with Allison James and published in 2008 by Palgrave). The first edition of Key Concepts in Childhood Studies (also with Allison James) was published by SAGE in 2008.