Seit den 1990er Jahren ist das aufstrebende Feld der Kinderforschung ein Katalysator für empirische Forschung, für Politikanalyse und für die Entwicklung der beruflichen Praxis. Welche Konzepte und Theorien sind bei der Analyse von Phänomenen, die für das Leben von Kindern relevant sind, am hilfreichsten? Das Buch reflektiert diese Debatte und diskutiert aktuelle Herausforderungen der wichtigsten Disziplinen innerhalb der Soziologie der Kindheit.

Dr. Rita Braches-Chyrek is Professor of Social Pedagogy at Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg, Germany.

Preface
Jo Moran-Ellis
Future-proofing childhood studies? If we can't
predict the future, can we at least prepare for it?
Heinz Sünker
Social theory, social history and childhood studies
back to the future? Notes for a Research Program
Rita Braches-Chyrek
Poor child, rich child: the effects of social processes
on inclusion and exclusion
Doris Bühler-Niederberger
Intergenerational solidarities toward a
structural approach to childhood sociology
Miriam Böttner
The generational order perspective(s) and
its implementation in childhood studies
Aytüre Türkyilmaz
'Toward the Past, the Future and the Present'
A Theoretical and Empirical Perspective on the
Child as (Inter-)Actor
Nigel Thomas
Childhood and Participation: between domination
and freedom
Melanie Kubandt
On self-reflection in childhood studies
The methodological-methodological challenge of
understanding doing gender by children
Charlotte Röhner
Children as Refugees
Christina Müller
Children with migration experience in Germany
A Critical Reflection
Sabina Schutter
What is a child? The ontological character of
debates about the anchoring of children's
rights in German Basic Law
Carina Fischer
Different perspectives of professions on risk factors
for child maltreatment
Margareth Sandvik
Technologies as facilitators for children's literacy
and language learning
Annika Heinl
Digital Natives: Media as a new challenge
and opportunity of Early Childhood Education
Contributors
Index