Young people in risk society
Subtitle: the restructuring of youth identities and transitions in late modernity
By: edited by Mark Cieslik, Gary Pollock.
Contributors: Cieslik, Mark.; Pollock, Gary.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hampshire, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Youth -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.; Identity (Psychology) in youth -- Great Britain.; Youth -- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.; Risk -- Sociological aspects.
Description: "Drawing on the latest empirical research and theoretical writings, this book examines how concepts such as risk society and individualization may be used in the field of youth studies. Featuring an in-depth study of the key traditions within youth studies, the book charts how research into transitions and cultures have been reshaped by recent debates around risk, detraditionalization and post modernity. The book explores young peoples' identities and youth cultures, and the multiplicity of ways in which risk can be understood and influence youth policy agendas in the future." "Authoritative and challenging, the book features topics such as employment, sexuality and household formation as well as theoretical critiques of the concept of risk itself. It will be thought-provoking and informative reading for researchers, practitioners and academics alike."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Studying Young People in Late Modernity; title: Mark Cieslik and Gary Pollock; title: 2. Young Offenders, Risk and Personal Development Programmes; title: Geoff Nichols; title: 3. Young People and Illicit Drug Use in Postmodern Times?; title: Tracy Shildrick; title: 4. Victims of Risk? Young People and the Construction of Lifestyles; title: Steven Miles; title: 5. Global Clubcultures: Cultural Flows and Late Modern Dance Music Culture; title: Ben Carrington and Brian Wilson; title: 6. Research on Youth Transitions: Some Critical Interventions; title: Tracey Skelton; title: 7. New Deal or Raw Deal? Dilemmas and Paradoxes of; title: State Interventions into the Youth Labour Market; title: Barry Percy-Smith and Susan Weil; title: 8. Domestic and Housing Transitions and the Negotiation of Intimacy; title: Sue Heath; title: 9. Ignoring the Past: Under-Employment and Risk in Late Modernity; title: Gary Pollock.