Growing up in three European regions.

Autor/inn/en	Büchner, Peter; Du Bois-Reymond, Manuela; Krüger, Heinz-Hermann
Titel	Growing up in three European regions.
Quelle	Aus: Growing up in Europe - contemporary horizons in childhood and youth studies. Berlin: deGruyter (1995) S. 43-59Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen 1
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
Schlagwörter	Gesellschaft; Familienleben; Familiensoziologie; Kind-Eltern-Beziehung; Übergang; Region; Interkultureller Vergleich; Alltag; Biografie; Modernisierung; Netzwerk; Deutschland-Westliche Länder; Deutschland-Östliche Länder; Niederlande
Abstract	Today sociology of childhood looks at children as a structural component of society that is subject to social and cultural change and that exists in many variations and subgroupings according to given social, cultural and regional conditions. The research presented in this article follows this kind of approach by analysing the impact of current modernisation and civilisation processes on the lives of present-day children in the context of a changing society.... It uses information from an ongoing cross-cultural study that looks at the everyday lives of modern children in three different European regions (Western Germany, Eastern Germany, Netherlands). Theoretically the authors assume that childhood, and especially the everyday lives of presen- day children, are influenced by general trends towards modernisation and civilisation which are quite often neglected by the mainstream childhood research. In particular, the authors share the view that trends towards a pluralisation of family composition and new forms of living together with an individualisation of (lived) biographies and family lifestyles affect children's lives in different ways depending on historically specific socio-cultural conditions.... In this contribution the theoretical and methodological backgrounds of the studies are briefly outlined followed by a category scheme that delineates indicators and profiles for the description of modernity in the children's everyday lives. Then some of the findings are considered in the light of three typologies elaborated on the basis of the data collected. The concluding remarks address the question of how the results may be interpreted in the light of theories of modernisation in 'risk societies' with regard to inter-regional and cross-cultural similarities and differences.
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2001_(CD)