Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood: New Perspectives and Agendas

by Furlong; Andy

• ISBN13: 9780415445405
• ISBN10: 041544540X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The parameters within which young people live their lives have changed radically. Changes in education and the labour market have led to an increased complexity of the youth phase and to an overall protraction in dependency and transitions. Written by leading academics from several countries, this Handbookintroduces up to date perspectives on a wide range of issues that affect and shape youth and young adulthood. It provides an authoritative and multi-disciplinary overview of a field of study that offers unique insight on social change in advanced societies and is aimed at academics, students, researchers and policy-makers. TheHandbookintroduces some of the key theoretical perspectives used within youth studies and sets out future research agendas. Each of the ten sections covers an important area of research “ from education and the labour market to youth cultures, health and crime whilst discussing change and continuity in the lives of young people. This work introduces readers to some of the most important work in the field while highlighting the underlying perspectives that have been used to understand the complexity of modern youth and young adulthood.

Table of Contents

Re-conceptualising Youth and Young Adulthood

Changing Contexts, Changing Lives

Youth Transitions in an Age of Uncertainty

Socio-economic Reproduction

Youth and Generation: In the Midst of an Adult World

Models of Navigation and Life Management

The Emergence of 'Emerging Adulthood': The New Life Stage between Adolescence and Young Adulthood

Divisions

Social Divisions and Inequalities

Social Class, Youth and Young Adulthood in the context of a Shifting Global Economy

New Masculinities and Femininities: Gender Divisions in the new Economy

Young People, 'Race' and Ethnicity

Young People and Social Capital, Cherylynn Bassani

Disability, Exclusion and Transition to Adulthood

Young Refugees

Education

Educational Contexts and Transitions

Educating for Late Modernity

Explaining Cross-national Differences in Education-work Transitions

Young People's Subjective Orientations to Education

Mass Higher Education

Vocationalism

Keeping Kids on Track to a Successful Adulthood: The Role of VET in Improving High School Outcomes

Employment and Unemployment

Employment and Unemployment in Late Modernity

Changing Experiences of Work

Youth Unemployment and Marginalisation

Precarious Work: Risk, Choice and Poverty Traps

NEETs, Freeters and Flexibility: Reflecting Precarious Situations in the New Labour Market

The Stratification of Youth Employment in Contemporary China

What makes a Young Entrepreneur?

Dependency and Family Relations

Dependence, Independence and Housing Transitions

Leaving the Parental Home in Young Adulthood

Young, Free and Single? The Rise of Independent Living

Intergenerational Support During the Transition to Adulthood

Early Childbearing in the New Era of Delayed Adulthood

Homeless Youth and the Transition to Adulthood

Youth Culture and Lifestyles

Young People, Culture and Lifestyles

Leisure Activities, Place and Identity

Young Adults and the Night-time Economy

Young People and Consumption

Spectacular Soundtracks: Youth and Music

Young People, Drugs and Alcohol Consumption

Spectacular Youth? Young People's Fashion and Style

The Experience of Youth in the Digital Youth

Civic Engagement and Disengagement

Civic and Political Engagement and Disengagement

Young People's Civic Engagement and Political Development

Young People, Politics and Citizenship

Youth and Trade Unionism

Re-Politici

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