Rethinking Youth (Studies in Society)
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd; Sage
Published: February 10, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780761955214
Subjects: Adolescents; Children; Cultural studies; Sociology; Australia; Europe; USA; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Social Work; Social Science / Social Work
First sentence: Young people in the developed world have been the subjects of an enormous amount of research over the last 40 years.
Description: Young people grow up in varied circumstances with different priorities and perspectives. While youth does not exist as a single group we need to understand what is happening in young people's lives. Rethinking Youth challenges the conventional wisdoms surrounding the position and opportunities of young people today and provides a systematic overview of the major perspectives in youth studies.

The authors demonstrate how the concept of youth involves a tension between the social significance of age, which gives young people a common status, and the significance of other social divisions. Drawing upon studies from different societies, they examine debates surrounding youth and economy, youth development, youth subcultures, youth transitions and youth marginalisation.

Rethinking Youth offers a provocative critique of mainstream conceptions of youth, the programs and strategies designed for 'at risk' young people, and policy developments in youth affairs. It calls for greater sensitivity to the complexities of youth, and greater emphasis on democracy and equality in dealing with the problems experienced by young people in a rapidly changing world.