The Ideology of Childhood and the State: Rules Distinguishing Children in National Constitutions, 1870-1970

1978/12/01 by John Boli-Bennett, John W. Meyer · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #American Constitutional Law and Politics

paper · doi:10.2307/2094622

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Abstract

John Boli-Bennett, John W. Meyer, The Ideology of Childhood and the State: Rules Distinguishing Children in National Constitutions, 1870-1970, American Sociological Review, Vol. 43, No. 6 (Dec., 1978), pp. 797-812

Discussions

• Auf einer gesellschaftstheoretischen Ebene zeigten die Neoinstitutionalisten John W. Meyer und John Boli-Bennett in "The ideology of childhood and the state" (1978) an Verfassungen, dass Staatsbildung [bsky, 1 points, 1 comments]

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