Competence and Character Through Life

Colby, Anne ; James, Jacquelyn ; Hart, Daniel

ISBN 10: 0226113167 / ISBN 13: 9780226113166

Published by The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1998

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240 pages. Green background dustjacket with white borders to edges - light wear to spine-ends and corners. Very clean dark green hardback binding. Slight wear to boards' corners and spine-ends. Pages fine and unmarked. B&W diagrams.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Competence and Character Through Life
• Publisher: The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226113167
• ISBN 13: 9780226113166
• Binding: Hard Back/Hard Cover
• Edition: First American Edition
• Condition: Very Good ++
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Very Good ++

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Synopsis

In this collection, leading psychologists, sociologists and criminologists highlight the potential for positive human development in different domains. Covering the years from youth to middle age, they examine a range of social, political and moral components of "competence and character", from teenage pregnancy and life-planning skills to voting records and educational attainment in low income households. By positing the possibility of multiple pathways of development rather than a single universal sequence, the contributors view the individual as potentially advancing in a wide range of interrelated and overlapping competencies. This volume frames issues, events and longitudinal data through the lens of possibility rather than the pathology of defeat, stressing a positive approach to the conception of human potential.