Im Handbuch werden die wichtigsten gesellschaftlichen Bedingungen und Entwicklungen des Aufwachsens und Erwachsenwerdens von Kinder und Jugendlichen dargestellt. Neben den theoretischen Implikationen des Verstandnisses von Kindheit und Jugend werden auch konkrete Forschungsfelder und methodische Herangehensweisen an kindheits- und jugendsoziologische Themen vorgestellt.

This book provides the first English language account of the interview method known as the PCI. Offering a way of collecting knowledge by means of involving people actively in the research process, the interviewer takes the role of a well-informed traveller. With careful preparation and planning, the interviewer sets out with priorities and expectations, but the story the interviewer tells about his journey depends on the people encountered along the road. Novice and experienced interview researchers across the social, educational and health sciences will find this an invaluable guide to conducting interviews. Andreas Witzel is senior researcher (retired) at the University of Bremen and former director of the Bremen Archive for Life Course Research. Herwig Reiter is senior researcher in the Department of Social Monitoring and Methodology of the German Youth Institute in Munich.