The Sociology of Generations

New Directions and Challenges

Jennie Bristow (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

125 Seiten

2016 | 1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-60135-3 (ISBN)

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This book suggests that the enduring problem of generations remains that of knowledge: how society conceptualises the relationship between past, present and future, and the ways in which this is transmitted by adults to the young. Reflecting on Mannheim’s seminal essay ‘The Problem of Generations’, the author explores why generations have become a focus for academic interest and policy developments today. Bristow argues that developments in education, teaching and parenting culture seek to resolve tensions of our present-day risk society through imposing an artificial distance between the generations.

Bristow’s book will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of Sociology, Social Policy, Education, Family studies, Gerontology and Youth studies.

Jennie Bristow is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK, and an associate of the Centre for Parenting Culture Studies.

1.Why study generations?.- 2. Fresh contacts, education, and the cultural heritage.- 3. Teachers, the end of ideology, and the pace of change.- 4. ‘Safeguarding’, child protection and implicit knowledge.- 5. Gender and the intimate politics of reproduction.- 6. Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	21.10.2016
Zusatzinfo	X, 125 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
Schlagworte	adulthood • Childhood • Family • Identity • intimate life • life course • Mannheim • Social Policy • Society • Sociology • Youth
ISBN-10	1-137-60135-3 / 1137601353
ISBN-13	978-1-137-60135-3 / 9781137601353
Zustand	Neuware