What is particularly refreshing is that, instead of focusing on thestrengths of one particular school of thought, Prout considers thecontribution that a range of disciplines can make to childhood studies.He convincingly and passionately argues for the development of a morecoherent and inter-disciplinary field of inquiry.
The first part of the book examines how the boundary between childhoodand adulthood has weakened, and the diverse forms that childhood cantake in different social, cultural and economic contexts.
As the book continues, it takes a step back in time to reconstruct thehistory of the emergence of childhood studies and how this has led to apolarisation between those who have focused on the social and culturalaspects, and those with an exclusive focus on biology. Even withinsocial studies there has been a tendency to focus on sociologicaloppositions, such as being and becoming, structure and agency.
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