Anita Harris creates a realistic portrait of the" new girl" that has appeared in the twenty-first
century--she may still play with Barbie, but she is also likely to play soccer or basketball, be …

In our fast-changing urban world, the impacts of social and environmental change on
children are often overlooked. Children and their Urban Environment examines these …

Children are at the heart of popular and public debates in North America and Europe about
the culture of public space. On the one hand there is increased anxiety about children's …

Participatory action research (PAR) is gaining critical attention from scholars across the
social sciences, and in the field of geography more specifically, as it promises a viable …

We present a critical review of research concerning the vulnerability of mental health of
young people in the 10–20 year age range to neighbourhood factors that are theoretically …

Unlike as with previous generations, diversity and multiculturalism are engrained in the lives
of today's urban youth. Within their culturally diverse urban environments, young people …

Young People, Place and Identity offers a series of rich insights into young people's
everyday lives. What places do young people engage with on a daily basis? How do they …

The book Global Youth? Hybrid identities, plural worlds is based on the 2002 International
Sociological Association (ISA) Conference in Brisbane, Australia. This volume is organized …

The theoretical fathers of social capital (Putnam, Coleman and Bourdieu) are criticised for
seeing children as passive recipients of parental social capital rather than active producers …

Cities are getting interested in education and learning. Urban planners, geographers,
international agencies, and city leaders are beginning to adopt a language of 'learning'and …