This text provides a critical analysis of the social construction of childhood and children's agency. Through an interdisciplinary synthesis combining social th

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Innocence, Knowledge and the Construction of Childhood provides a critical examination of the way we regulate children’s access to certain knowledge and explo

America is a corporatized society defined by a culture of consumerism, and the youth market is one of the groups that corporations target most. By marketing dir

The text is composed of research on the development of representational thinking from infancy through to adolescence. It makes a contribution to the theory of c