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In this completely revised and updated edition, __Deconstructing Developmental Psychology__ interrogates the assumptions and practices surrounding the psychology of child development, providing a critical evaluation of the role and contribution of developmental psychology within social practice. Since the second edition was published, there have been many major changes. This book addresses how shifts in advanced capitalism have produced new understandings of children, and a new (and more punitive) range of institutional responses to children. It engages with the paradoxes of childhood in an era when young adults are increasingly economically dependent on their families, and in a political context of heightened insecurity. The new edition includes an updated review of developments in psychological theory (in attachment, evolutionary psychology, theory of mind, cultural-historical approaches), as well as updating and reflecting upon the changed focus on fathers and fathering. It offers new perspectives on the connections between Piaget and Vygotsky and now connects much more closely with discussions from the sociology of childhood and critical educational research. Coverage has been

Who reads Deconstructing Developmental Psychology?

Author

Burman, Erica

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781138846951

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Psychology, Social Science, Social Sciences