Is it a different world to when you were growing up? Generational effects on social representations and child-rearing values

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 355-376

  Scott, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child rearing values; Collective beliefs; Generation; Mannheim; Moral panic; Social representations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD REARING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0034198869     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071310050030226     Document Type: Article

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