Young people and social change
Subtitle: individualization and risk in late modernity
By: Andy Furlong and Fred Cartmel.
Contributors: Cartmel, Fred, 1952-
Series: Sociology and social change
Publisher: Open University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Buckingham [England]; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
Subjects: Youth -- Great Britain -- Social conditions.; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 1945-
Description: Recent social changes have had an enormous impact on the lives of young people. The authors ask whether traditional parameters are still relevant, and examine the extent to which 'risk' and 'individualisation' convey an accurate picture of young lives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-132) and index.