Researching Youth

by Bennett, Andy; Cieslik, Mark; Miles, Steven

• ISBN13: 9781403905734
• ISBN10: 1403905738
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-04
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Young people's lives arguably exist at the cutting edge of social change and as such youth research presents a particular set of challenges for the social researcher. Researching Youth presents a series of case studies outlining the difficulties, rewards and insights characteristic of contemporary youth research. Featuring contributions from some of the leading current youth researchers across a range of disciplines, this collection includes chapters on: the benefits of ethnography; research on young people's drug use and drug education; research on young people's bodies; the political dimensions of youth research; the value of comparative European youth research; research of young people in dance-club settings; critically reflexive action research; young people as consumers; and young people and music. Drawing on fascinating case studies throughout, this book will be essential reading for students and academics interested in researching young people's lives. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Andy Bennett is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Surrey.

Mark Cieslik is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Teesside.

Steven Miles is Head of Research at the Centre for Cultural Policy and Management at the University of Northumbria.

Table of Contents

List of Table and Figures	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
Notes on Contributors	x
Introduction: Contemporary Youth Research: Issues, Controversies and Dilemmas	1	(12)
Mark Cieslik
Part 1 Youth Research in Context
Problems and Priorities for the Sociology of Youth	13	(16)
Ken Roberts
Mods and Shockers: Youth Cultural Studies in Britain	29	(26)
Phil Cohen
Part 2 Principles of Practice
Framing Youth: Reviewing Locally Commissioned Research on Young People, Drug Use and Drug Education	55	(11)
Mathew Jones
Fenella Starkey
Judy Orme
Practice-based Research as Development: Innovation and Empowerment in Youth Intervention Initiatives using Collaborative Action Inquiry	66	(19)
Barry Percy-Smith
Susan Weil
Onions and Apples: Problems with Comparative European Youth Research	85	(18)
Fred Cartmel
Part 3 Reflections on Fieldwork
Ethnography in Practice: A Case Study Illustration	103	(17)
Ruth Emond
Researching Young Women's Bodies: Values, Dilemmas and Contradictions	120	(18)
Liz Frost
E-heads Versus Beer Monsters: Researching Young People's Music and Drug Consumption in Dance Club Settings	138	(19)
Karenza Moore
Part 4 Issues in Ethnography
Double Exposure: Exploring the Social and Political Relations of Ethnographic Youth Research	157	(13)
Robert Hollands
Researching Young People as Consumers: Can and Should We Ask Them Why?	170	(16)
Steven Miles
The Use of `Insider' Knowledge in Ethnographic Research on Contemporary Youth Music Scenes	186	(15)
Andy Bennett
Bibliography	201	(22)
Index	223