Bibliograph

The Autonomous Child, Theorizing Socialization, by Ivar Frønes

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The Autonomous Child, Theorizing Socialization, by Ivar Frønes

Language

eng

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Autonomous Child

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

925332857

Responsibility statement

by Ivar Frønes

Series statement

Springer eBooksSpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research,, 2211-7644

Sub title

Theorizing Socialization

Summary

The social sciences offer a variety of theories on how children develop, and various theories and disciplines apply their own vocabularies and conceptualise different aspects of the processes of socialization. This book looks at the theorizing of socialization in sociology, anthropology, psychology, in the life course approach, and as the interplay of genetics and environmental factors. It analyses the dominant perspectives and viewpoints within each discipline and field, and shows how the various theories and disciplines apply their own vocabularies and conceptualise different aspects of the processes of socialization. It argues that socialization does not represent a fixed trajectory into a static social order, and that different disciplines meet the challenges of complex developmental processes and changing environments in different ways. Socialization is a fundamental concept in sociology, but sociology has only to a limited degree sought to produce a coherent understanding of the processes of socialization, which has to encompass the interplay of societal, psychological and genetic factors. This book draws the threads together and, by doing so, offers a general framework for our understanding of the socialization process. At the centre of this process is the child as a subject, in an interplay with the patterns and significant others of the micro environment as well as with the macro-conditions of the modern knowledge based economies.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

WHAT IS SOCIALIZATION -- SOCIALIZATION IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES -- 1 Socialization in sociological perspective -- 2 Socialization in anthropological perspectives -- 3 Socialization in psychological perspectives -- 4 Socialization and life course analyses -- 5 Socialization as biological-social interaction -- 6 Understanding socialization -- THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETIES AND THE STRUCTURING OF SOCIALIZATION AND THE LIFE COURSE -- 1 The knowledge society and life phase dynamics -- 2 Understanding socialization; some concluding reflections

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