Childhood with Bourdieu This book breaks new ground in its theorizing of childhood within sociological concepts. Over the course of nine chapters authors give detailed accounts of the lives of children in a range of societies including England sub Saharan Africa Northern Ireland France Andhra Pradesh and Finland. They describe their studies in the light of Bourdieus key concepts field habitus and capital to consider the social status of childhood the tensions between schooling and work in the lives of children childrens relations with adults and the pressures on childhood resulting from globalization and from the professional discourse of those adults who aim to help them. The authors are all established researchers who are committed to improving the social status and well being of childhood in social economic and political worlds that too often fail to accord children respect for their human rights