The moral ecology of South Africa's township youth / Sharlene Swartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swartz, Sharlene.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--South Africa--Conduct of life.

Youth.

Youth--South Africa--Social conditions.

Moral education--South Africa.

Moral education.

Moral development--South Africa.

Moral development.

Moral conditions.

Social conditions.

Conduct of life.

South Africa--Moral conditions.

South Africa.

Physical Description:

xvi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Contents:

The South African Moral Context

Chapter 1 The Study of Youth Morality in a Context of Poverty

Chapter 2 South Africa's Fractured Morality

Chapter 3 " What World is This?'

Youth Morality in the Aftermath of Apartheid

Chapter 4 Constructing Moral Codes of Right and Wrong

Chapter 5 Positioning Others and Locating the Moral Self

Chapter 6 Moral Processes: Decision-making and Dissonance

Chapter 7 Making Meaning of Moral Influences

Applying Contextual Moral Knowledge

Chapter 8 Moral Capital - Working at Being Good

Chapter 9 Implications for Homes, Classrooms and Communities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230618916

023061891X

OCLC:

316829352