It is core reading for advanced students on socialisation modules in developmental or social psychology and educational sciences and is additionally of value for the professional training of sociologists, teachers and social workers. It is also relevant for all those interested in elementary questions of how the interaction between the society and the individual works; how human beings deal not only with themselves but also with their social and physical environment, and how they shape it in their own way.
Klaus Hurrelmann is Senior Professor of Public Health and Education at Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. He previously served as Professor of Socialisation at Bielefeld University in Germany.
Ullrich Bauer is Professor of Socialisation Research at the Faculty of Educational Science and Head of the Center for Prevention in Childhood and Adolescence at Bielefeld University in Germany.