Part I. Theoretical and methodological approaches: a cross-disciplinary challenge
Theoretical orientation, methodological advances, and a guide to the volume / Ross D. Parke and Glen H. Elder, Jr.
Part II. Historical and life course transitions: economic and demographic change. When societal events occur in lives: developmental linkages and turning points / Glen H. Elder, Jr. and Martha J. Cox
Entering adulthood in the Great Recession: a tale of three countries / Ingrid Schoon and John Bynner
Developmental risk and resilience in the context of devastation and forced migration / Ann S. Masten, Frosso Motti-Stefanidi, and Hayley A. Rahl-Brigman
Children's migratory paths between cultures: the effects of migration experiences on the adjustment of children and families / Amy K. Marks, G. Alice Woolverton, and Cynthia García Coll
Education in historical and cultural perspective / Robert Crosnoe
Part III. Social, legal, and technological change: impact on children
Urban world of minority and majority children / Tama Leventhal, Julius Anastasio, and Veronique Dupéré
Changing family forms: the implications for children's development / Ross D. Parke
Communication technologies and social transformation: their impact on human development / Patricia M. Greenfield
Part IV. Views of the interdisciplinary dialogue: from developmental science and sociology
Developmentalist's viewpoint: "It's about time!" Ecological systems, transaction, and specificity as key developmental principles in children's changing worlds / Marc H. Bornstein
Sociologist's perspective: the historic specificity of development and resilience in the face of increasingly ominous futures / Jeylan T. Mortimer.
