Cover -- THE WELL-BEING, PEER CULTURES AND RIGHTS OF CHILDREN -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- EDITORIAL BOARD -- SERIES BACKGROUND -- INTRODUCTION: THE WELL-BEING, PEER CULTURES AND RIGHTS OF CHILDREN -- PART I: CHILDREN'S WELL-BEING -- PRAETORIAN MILITARIZATION AND CHILDREN'S LIFE CHANCES -- INTRODUCTION -- MILITARIZATION AND LIFE CHANCES -- ECONOMIC MILITARIZATION -- SOCIAL MILITARIZATION -- PRAETORIAN MILITARIZATION -- ARMED CONFLICT AND MILITARIZATION -- CONTROL VARIABLES -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- SCHOOL MOBILITY, SOCIAL CAPITAL, AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF LATINO FOSTER CARE YOUTH -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- MATH AND READING ACHIEVEMENT GAPS - NEW INSIGHTS TO OLD PROBLEMS -- INTRODUCTION -- FAMILY INFLUENCES -- SCHOOL CURRICULUM STRUCTURE -- DATA AND SAMPLE -- MEASUREMENTS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: VARIANCE COMPONENTS FOR TIME-VARYING ACHIEVEMENT VARIABLES -- PART II: CHILDREN AND YOUTH PEER CULTURES -- FOCUSED: HOW STUDENTS CONSTRUCT ATTENTIVENESS IN FIRST-GRADE CLASSROOMS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE IMPORTANCE OF FIRST GRADE -- ATTENTION MATTERS -- HOW CHILDREN SHAPE THE SCHOOLING PROCESS -- CURRENT STUDY -- STAYING FOCUSED ON THE TEACHER'S TARGET -- STAYING ''FOCUSED'' TO AVOID THE DISCIPLINARY RADAR -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THE AGE OF LOVE: DATING AND THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISCOURSE IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL SUMMER CAMP -- INTRODUCTION -- THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISCOURSE AND DATING -- INVESTIGATING AGE AND DATING AT CAMP -- CONSTRUCTING AND ENFORCING DATING NORMS -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- NEW AVENUES TO SCHOOL EXCLUSION AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION FOR URBAN YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UK -- INTRODUCTION.

CURRENT POLICY DEBATES AND URBAN SCHOOLS -- PERMANENT SCHOOL EXCLUSION -- TEMPORARY EXCLUSION TO OFF-SITE EDUCATIONAL PROVISION -- THEORETICAL FOCI -- METHODS -- EXPOSURE TO CRIME AND VICTIMIZATION -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION: A CONSIDERATION OF URBAN STREET CULTURE -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CONSTRUCTING ALTERNATIVE FEMININITY: THE GENDER IDENTITY OF ''BAD GIRLS'' IN TAIWAN -- INTRODUCTION -- METHOD -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPLYING THE ''NEW'' SOCIOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD TO EXPLAIN THE BLACK-WHITE TEST-SCORE GAP -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ''NEW'' SOCIOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD -- THE BLACK-WHITE TEST-SCORE GAP -- RESEARCH METHOD -- DOCUMENTING OPPRESSION -- CHILDREN'S RESPONSES TO OPPRESSION -- LINKING OPPRESSION TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- PART III: CHILDREN'S RIGHTS -- WAIVING PARENTAL CONSENT WHEN RESEARCHING AT-RISK YOUTH -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PARENTAL CONSENT DEBATE -- CASE STUDY: STREET YOUTH, PARENTAL OVERSIGHT, AND CONSENT -- DISCUSSION -- SUGGESTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- REMEMBERING THE CHILD PATIENT -- INTRODUCTION -- LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS - UNITED STATES -- CLINICAL INTERACTIONS -- THE CHILD PATIENT -- IMPLICATIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PARTICIPATION AND PROTECTION OF YOUNGSTERS WITH SERIOUS BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS IN NORWEGIAN CHILD WELFARE SERVICES -- BACKGROUND AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- DO ECE PUBLIC POLICIES CONSIDER YOUNG CHILDREN'S AGENCY? A STUDY IN S�AO PAULO, BRAZIL -- INTRODUCTION -- RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT -- SOME CONSIDERATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- POLITICAL AND LEGAL EFFECTS OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD IN LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES.

INTRODUCTION -- THE INCORPORATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES AT THE NATION-STATE SCALE -- FINAL CONSIDERATIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- ABOUT THE CO-EDITORS AND AUTHORS -- THE SERIES CO-EDITORS -- AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES.

This volume is comprised of empirical research and theoretical papers within three key areas, namely children's well being, children and youth peer cultures, and the rights of children and youth. These empirical studies include children's voices and experiences from four continents (Asia, Europe, North America and South America) and a range of methodological and theoretical orientations. A clear connection to social policy at a national and international level is made in many of these studies. Topics are wide-ranging and include: Praetorian militarization; school mobility; math and reading achievement gaps; dating and the developmental discourse in a summer camp; and school and social exclusion for urban young people. Altogether, these studies highlight how structure and culture both limit and enable the life chances of children, how children interpret and construct their social relations and environments, and how children view themselves as well as how others view the rights of children. This volume is a further example of how the Sociological Studies of Children and Youth series successfully showcases major strands of current thinking on children and youth in our world today.

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