Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Childhood and Youth Studies in the United Kingdom and West Germany: An Introduction; Approaches to Childhood and Youth in the UK and the FRG; Some Research Questions for the 1990s; Conclusion; Chapter 2 What Does the Future Hold? Youth and Sociocultural Change in the FRG; Introduction; Field Developments--A Review; The Future of Childhood and Youth-- A Set of Propositions; Chapter 3 A Sharper Lens or a New Camera? Youth Research, Young People and Social Change in Britain; Introduction
British Youth Research: A Critical ReviewYoung People and Social Change: Trends and Prospects; Conclusions; Chapter 4 Persons in Their Own Right: Children and Sociology in the UK; The Consequences of Smaller Family Size; The Effects of the Father's Occupation; Children's Work; Differential Consumption; Non-nuclear Families; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Growing Up in the 1980s: Changes in the Social Biography of Childhood in the FRG; Introduction; The Fami
Summary
The English language version of proceedings of a bilateral UK/FRG conference held at Philipps Universitaet, Marburg. The theme of this conference was the examination of childhood and youth as life-stages in the context of contemporary social and cultural change, with an eye to future developments
