Youth Sociology
  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
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About this book

Falling somewhere between childhood and adulthood, 'Youth' is a key period of transition. It can be difficult to define and make sense of this period in one's life. However it is categorised, young people face a number of challenges and issues growing up in today's world. From the pressures created by social media to the increasing precarity of employment, the major social, cultural and economic developments of our time are each impacting this period of the lifecourse in myriad ways. Youth Sociology helps readers to understand how such changes factor into the experience of being young today, and illuminates the realities of the world in which young people live. Embedding perspectives and insights from a wide range of disciplines beyond sociology, this authoritative new textbook will be incredibly useful for all students of youth.

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Information

18
YOUTH 
SOCIOLOGY
Key 
readings
Bennett, 
A. 
(2011) 
‘The 
post-subcultural 
turn: 
some 
reflections 
10 
years 
on’, 
Journal 
of 
Youth 
Studies
vol. 
14, 
no. 
5, 
pp.
493–506.
Evans, 
K. 
Furlong, 
A. 
(1997) 
‘Metaphors 
of 
youth 
transitions: 
Niches, 
pathways, 
trajec-
tories 
or 
navigations’ 
in 
Bynner, 
J., 
Chisholm, 
L. 
Furlong, 
A. 
(eds.) 
Youth, 
Citizenship
and 
Social 
Change 
in 
European 
Context
(Aldershot: 
Ashgate).
France, 
A. 
Roberts, 
S. 
(2016) 
‘The 
problem 
of 
social 
generations: 
critique 
of 
the 
new 
emerging 
orthodoxy 
in 
youth 
studies’, 
Journal 
of 
Youth 
Studies
vol. 
18, 
no. 
2, 
pp.
215–230.
Lesko, 
N. 
(1996) 
‘Denaturalizing 
adolescence: 
the 
politics 
of 
contemporary 
representa-
tions’, 
Youth 
Society
vol. 
28, 
no. 
2, 
pp.
139–161.
Woodman, 
D. 
Bennett, 
A. 
(2017) 
Youth 
Cultures, 
Transitions 
and 
Generations
(London: 
Palgrave 
Macmillan).
Wright-Mills, 
C. 
(1959) 
The 
Sociological 
Imagination
(Oxford: 
Oxford 
University 
Press).
Wyn, 
J. 
Woodman, 
D. 
(2006) 
‘Generation, 
youth 
and 
social 
change 
in 
Australia’, 
Journal 
of 
Youth 
Studies
vol. 
9, 
no. 
5, 
pp.
495–514.

Table of contents

  1. BRIEF CONTENTS
  2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  3. LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLE
  4. 1: WHAT IS YOUTH?
  5. 2: DIMENSIONS OF DIFFERENCE
  6. 3: EDUCATION AND IMAGINED FUTURES
  7. 4: YOUTH, WORK AND UN(DER)EMPLOYMENT
  8. 5: YOUTH CULTURES AND IDENTITIES
  9. 6: YOUTH, SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIGITAL LIVES
  10. 7: YOUTH, SPACE AND PLACE
  11. 8: YOUTH, RISK AND RISK-TAKING
  12. 9: YOUTH AND CRIME
  13. 10: YOUTH, HEALTH AND WELLBEING
  14. 11: YOUTH, CITIZENSHIP, BELONGING AND MOBILITIES
  15. POSTSCRIPT
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index