Ikasi
Subtitle: the moral ecology of South Africa's township youth
By: Sharlene Swartz
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Wits University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Johannesburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781868145225
Subjects: Youth; Conduct of life; Social conditions; Moral education; Moral development; Moral conditions; Township (Apartheid)
Other titles: Moral ecology of South Africa's township youth
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. The South African moral context; title: Studying youth morality in a context of poverty; title: South Africa's fractured morality : a youth perspective; title: "What world is this?" : complex social realities; title: pt. II. Youth morality in the aftermath of apartheid; title: Constructing moral codes of right and wrong; title: Positioning others and locating the moral self; title: Moral processes : decision making and dissonance; title: Making meaning of moral influences; title: pt. III. Applying contextual moral knowledge; title: Theorizing a notion of "moral capital"; title: Implications for research, classrooms, and communities.