Youth Studies
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Youth Studies

Fundamental Issues and Debates

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Youth Studies

Fundamental Issues and Debates

About this book

The burgeoning field of youth studies encompasses multiple viewpoints, presenting a confusing picture to novices and experts alike. This insightful text goes to the heart of the fundamental issues and debates that characterize this developing field, giving readers a clearer understanding of its current progress and future prospects. James Côté's lively, debate-focused overview of the underlying paradigms and theories in youth studies - drawn from the overlapping disciplines of sociology, psychology and cultural studies – functions both as an introduction to the area and as an exercise in critical thinking, putting its readers on the cutting-edge of the field. The chapters move from identifying the key 'threshold meta-concepts' that influence research, to showing readers how to critically evaluate key debates in areas that are central to students' lives, including education, work, family, technologies, youth culture, identity and politics. Youth Studies is the ideal companion to youth-related degree programmes and to youth modules in sociology, social work, social policy, psychology and other related disciplines.

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Information

Publisher
Red Globe Press
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9780230368453
eBook ISBN
9781137112149
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Marriage & Family Sociology
Index
Social Sciences
22
Table
1.4
Value-priority
stances
taken
in
youth
studies:
Assumptions
and
beliefs
Assumptions
Social
change
Social
control
Advocacy–liberation
Critical
emancipation
Facilitation–guidance
Regulation–control
The
role
of
values
in
research
Value-based
inquiries
to
free
people
from
social
constraints
and
power
relations
Praxis-oriented
inquires
to
address
inequalities
and
alienation
Value-specific
inquiries
aimed
at
optimizing
human
development
Value-neutral
inquiries
into
naturally
occurring
human
development
Preferred
methods
Qualitative
Mixed
methods
interpreted
with
critical
analysis
Mixed
methods
guided
by
disciplinary
theories
Quantitative
Perceived
place
of
youth
in
society
Youth
are
misunderstood
and
negatively
stereotyped;
because
of
this
societies
are
oppressive
to
youth,
but
they
are
capable
of
dealing
with
it
themselves
when
given
the
chance
Youth
are
disadvantaged
and
exploited
in
various
ways,
and
politically
disenfranchised;
these
conditions
need
to
be
corrected
with
the
help
of
those
with
more
social
legitimacy
and
power,
including
academics,
professionals,
and
policy-makers
Youth
may
not
know
their
own
best
interests;
may
behave
in
self-handicapping
ways
Youth
are
still
in
process
of
maturing,
so
need
to
be
managed
in
specific
contexts;
require
specific
forms
of
socialization

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Tables
  4. Introduction
  5. Part I Threshold Meta-Concepts and the Contours of Youth Studies
  6. Part II The Socio-Economic Influences Structuring the Youth Period
  7. Part III The Changing Experiences of the Youth Period
  8. Part IV Conclusions: The Future of Youth Studies
  9. Glossary
  10. Notes
  11. References
  12. Index