Youth in Contemporary Europe

by Jeremy Leaman

• ISBN13: 9780203851531
• ISBN10: 0203851536
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2010-06-10
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This book examines the everyday living conditions experienced and also shaped by young people in Europe. Contributors reflect on the current context of economic, social and political change affecting youth in the critical transition from dependence to independence. The volume provides the reader with a multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary view of youth cultures, drawn from a variety of recent research throughout the continent.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Youth Culture in Contemporary Europe

Life Chances and Socio-Economic Determinants of Youth Today

Determinants of Social Exclusion among the Young in Estonia, Germany and the United Kingdom

Poverty and Unemployment of Young Europeans from an Intergenerational Perspective

Youth Unemployment Policy in Britain and German: A Comparison of æThird WayÆ Approaches

Youth and Socio-Cultural Transformations

Young Europeans and Educational Mobility

Events of Hope and Events of Crisis: Childhood, Youth and Hope in Britain

Youth Cultures as a Way to Tackle Insecure Transitions into Adulthood

Online Counselling: Meeting the Needs of Young people in Late-Modern Societies

Youth as a Problem Group?

Some Insights into Violent Youth Crime

Youth Citizenship and Risk in UK Social Policy

Leaving the Parental Home or Staying On? Young People in Spain and the Development of Social Capital

Youth and Political Culture

Youth Culture and European Integration in Germany: Back to European Basics?

æEurope? Totally Out of My DepthÆ: National and European Citizenship among Young People in Germany and England

Political Participation of Youth: Young Germans in the European Context

Making a Difference? Political Participation of Young People in the UK

Renouncing Violence or Substituting for It? The Consequences of the Institutionalisation of Alleanza Nazionale on the Culture of Young Neo-Fascist Activists in Italy

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