Sociological Research and Urban Children and Youth

Rachel Berman is Professor and Graduate Program Director, School of Early Childhood Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada, and an adjunct member to the graduate program in Gender, Feminist & Women's Studies at York University, Canada.Patrizia Albanese is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Interim Vice Provost Faculty Affairs, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada. Xiaobei Chen is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University, Canada, and a recent past President of the Canadian Sociological Association.

• Children, Youth, and the City; Rachel Berman, Patrizia Albanese, and Xiaobei ChenSection I. Social Construction and Relationality - Children’s & Youth’s Relationships to/with Urban ContextsChapter 1. School Gardens and the Urban Child; Angela Oulton and Susan JaggerChapter 2. Use of Digital Spaces for Cosplay by Autistic Youth for Social Interaction, In Lieu of Material Spaces within Urban Contexts; Alice LeymanChapter 3. The Digital Mediation of Everyday Lives in the City: Young People Negotiating Troubled Transitions during Covid-19; Lucas Walsh, Cathy Waite, Beatriz Gallo Cordoba, and Masha MikolaSection II. Citizenship, Space, and BelongingChapter 4. Inclusion in the Non-Inclusive Community: Exploring Children’s Exclusion from the Urban Planning Process in Iran; Bahar Manouchehri, Edgar A. Burns, Ayyoob Sharifi, and Sina DavoudiChapter 5. Spaces for Play: Intergenerational Community Development of an Urban Park in the East Midlands of England; Linda Jane ShawChapter 6. Race, Educational Streaming, and Identity Formation amongst Stem-Bound Asian Canadian Youth; Alex BingSection III. Power, Structure and AgencyChapter 7. Students Fight Back against School Censorship; Christine EmeranChapter 8. Cycles and Spaces of Child Poverty in Ontario; Sydney ChapadosChapter 9. Benefits of the Child Friendly Cities Initiative; Pamela Wridt, Danielle Goldberg, Yvonne Vissing, Kristi Rudelius-Palmer, Maddy Wegner, and Adrianna Zhang

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