DISCUSSIONS ON THE RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES AND THE CHILDREN’S AGENCY IN SOCIOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD WITH RELATION TO CHILD ACTORS

Authors : Ayşe YILMAZ

Pages : 422-449

Doi:10.18490/sosars.927280

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Publication Date : 2021-04-24

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this article is to put under discussion the major concern of the childhood studies which is the consideration of children as social actors. This theoretical examination explores the ways in which children are treated as social actors in diverse researches carried out from different perspectives. Furthermore it investigates the concept of agency, the fundamental concept to the sociology of childhood, emphasizing how it has become widely contested although it arises from the consideration of “children as actors” on which there is general consensus. Therefore this article highlights how the same assumption on children appears to be treated in various ways in relation to different research perspectives and the different uses of children’s agency.
Keywords : sociology of childhood, childhood studies, children`s agencies, children as social actors

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