In this volume, guest editor Qvortrup brings together contributions representing structural, historical, and comparative perspectives on the study of children and youth. Here, childhood is conceived as a structural feature of society, subject to the stable and changing forces of the larger social context, and comparable across time and cultures. Such perspectives have been relatively under-represented in the "New Sociology of Childhood," which has tended both to stress children's agency, and to favour ethnographic methods of inquiry. The series editors are pleased to expand and enliven the foci of Sociological Studies of Children and Youth with this volume edited by the internationally renowned Danish Sociologist Jens Qvortrup, the first non-U.S. editor in the series' history.

Mike Rosenberg is an Assistant Professor at IESE Business School, joining the faculty after working for more than 15 years as a Management Consultant for companies such as Arthur D. Little, A.T. Kearney, and Heidrich & Struggles, working in Europe, North America, and Asia.  Mike teaches long-term strategy, scenario planning and analysis of business problems in IESE’s MBA, Global Executive MBA and Executive Education programmes. In addition to his academic work, Professor Rosenberg routinely consults with leading international companies and is asked to speak on topics relating to strategy, sustainability, and managing global firms. He is author of Strategy and Sustainability: A Hard Nosed Approach to Environmental Sustainability for Business (2014) and co-Editor of Managing Media Businesses: A Game Plan to Navigate Disruption and Uncertainty (2017).