Contemporary Youth Research: Local Expressions and Global Connections

by Helve,Helena

• ISBN13: 9780754641612
• ISBN10: 0754641619
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

A major new resource book for academics and students of youth studies, Contemporary Youth Research offers a rare comparative review of a field which is often focused on the local or national situation. Drawing together authors from across the world, this work combines assessments of the theory, methodology and practice of youth research, and the impact of globalization on this field of study.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Preface and Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction	xi
Part I Overview of Youth Research Globally
Chapter 1 Conceptualizing and Theorizing Youth: Global Perspectives	3	(12)
Vappu Tyyskä
Chapter 2 Youth Research in Europe	15	(18)
Helena Helve, Carmen Leccardi and Siyka Kovacheva
Chapter 3 Youth Research in Africa	33	(2)
David Everatt
Chapter 4 Trends in Youth Studies in (English-Speaking) North America	35	(4)
James Côté
Chapter 5 The Socio-Cultural Construction of Youth in Latin America: Achievements and Failures	39	(10)
CarLes Feixa Pampols and Yanko González Cangas
Chapter 6 Contemporary Trends in Youth and Juvenile Studies in China	49	(2)
Jin Zhikun and Yang Xiong
Chapter 7 Youth Research in Australia and New Zealand	51	(12)
Johanna Wyn
Part II Current Trends in Youth Research
Topic Area 1: Education, Technology and Work
Chapter 8 Biographical Turning Points in Young People's Transitions to Work Across Europe	63	(14)
Manuela du Bois-Reymond and Barbara Stauber
Chapter 9 Texting as Style: Preliminary Observations on Cellular Phone Use Among Filipino College Students	77	(12)
Clarence M. Batan
Chapter 10 Risk Among Youth in Modern Russia: Problems and Trends	89	(14)
Julia A. Zubok
Chapter 11 An Attempt to Reverse the Failure of Rural Youth Development in South Africa	103	(18)
David Everatt, Sipho Shezi and Ross Jennings
Chapter 12 Cross-Cultural Understanding: Service-Learning in College Coursework	121	(14)
Gunilla Holm and Paul Farber
Topic Area 2: Youth Engagement
Chapter 13 Latina/o Youth Contest for Equity in the Public School System in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles: A Political and Theoretical Perspective	135	(12)
Fazila Bhimji
Chapter 14 Young People's Civic Engagement. The Need For New Perspectives	147	(12)
Henk Vinken
Chapter 15 Learning to Destroy the World: Western Schooling and the Natural Environment	159	(14)
Thomas Ray
Topic Area 3: Culture and Identity in a Culturally Diverse and Global World
Chapter 16 'Remaking Citizens': Perspectives from the Lived Temporalities of Four Singaporean Youths	173	(12)
Yen Yen Joyceln Woo
Chapter 17 Mobilizing a Lesbian Identity as a Means for Educational Achievement: Mizrachi Lesbians in Israel	185	(12)
Liora Gvion and Diana Luzzatto
Chapter 18 Cool Nostalgia: Indian American Youth Culture and the Politics of Authenticity	197	(12)
Sunaina Maira
Chapter 19 Teenage Pregnancy in Mexico: Why the Panic?	209	(10)
Noemi Ehrenfeld Lenkiewicz
Index	219