This volume is comprised of empirical research and theoretical papers about children's well being, children and youth peer cultures, and the rights of children and youth. These empirical studies include children's voices and experiences from four continents and a range of methodological and theoretical orientations.

List of Contributors. EDITORIAL BOARD. Series Background. Introduction: The Well-Being, Peer Cultures and Rights of Children. Praetorian Militarization and Children's Life Chances. School Mobility, Social Capital, and Educational Experiences of Latino Foster Care Youth. Math and Reading Achievement Gaps – New Insights to Old Problems. Focused: How Students Construct Attentiveness in First-Grade Classrooms. The Age of Love: Dating and the Developmental Discourse in a Middle School Summer Camp. New Avenues to School Exclusion and Social Exclusion for Urban Young People in the UK. Constructing Alternative Femininity: The Gender Identity of “Bad Girls” in Taiwan. Applying the “New” Sociology of Childhood to Explain the Black–White Test-Score Gap. Waiving Parental Consent when Researching At-Risk Youth. Remembering the Child Patient. Participation and Protection of Youngsters with Serious Behavior Problems in Norwegian Child Welfare Services. Do ECE Public Policies Consider Young Children's Agency? A Study in São Paulo, Brazil. Political and Legal Effects of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Latin American Countries. About the Co-Editors and Authors. The Well-Being, Peer Cultures and Rights of Children. Sociological studies of children and youth. Sociological studies of children and youth. Copyright page.