The Sociology of Childhood revisited: achievements and challenges after two decades

Abstract

At the beginning of 2000, the field of Spanish sociology was already very receptive to a disciplinary shock that came from the north: the invitation to the theoretical and methodological turn that the new social studies of childhood initially developed from the 80s of the last century . In this context, the year 2006 represents a certain milestone in national production because this new impulse was also transferred to other scientific publications. Among them, the monograph that the Política y Sociedad journal dedicated to the findings of the discipline stands out, a monograph that, in a certain way, we aspire to revisit and update on this occasion. Five original articles are presented aimed at updating the academic debate on the discipline from the perspective of the 21st century: highlighting that it is between disciplinary consolidation and emerging debates.