Handbook of youth and young adulthood : new perspectives and agendas / edited by Andy Furlong.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Furlong, Andy.

Series:

Routledge international handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Social conditions.

Youth.

Young adults--Social conditions.

Young adults.

Physical Description:

xvi, 475 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.

Contents:

Part I. Reconceptualizing youth and young adulthood. Youth transitions in an age of uncertainty / Walter R. Heinz

Socio-economic reproduction / Ken Roberts

Youth and generation: in the midst of an adult world / John Goodwin and Henrietta O'Connor

Models of navigation and life management / Manuela du Bois-Reymond

The emergence of 'emerging adulthood': the new life stage between adolescence and young adulthood / Jennifer Lynn Tanner and Jeffrey Jensen Arnett

Part II. Divisions. Social class, youth and young adulthood in the context of a shifting global economy / Lois Weis

New masculinities and femininities: gender divisions in the new economy / Linda McDowell

Young people, 'race' and ethnicity / Colin Webster

Young people and social capital / Cherylynn Bassani

Disability, exclusion and transition to adulthood / Sheila Riddell

Young refugees / Elizabeth Heger Boyle

Part III. Education. Educating for late modernity / Johanna Wyn

Explaining cross-national differences in education-to-work transitions / David Raffe

Young people's subjective orientations to education / Andy Biggart

Mass higher education / Andy Furlong and Fred Cartmel

Vocationalism / David B. Bills

Keeping kids on track to a successful adulthood: the role of VET in improving high school outcomes / James R. Stone III

Part IV: Employment and unemployment. Changing experiences of work / Jeylan T. Mortimer

Youth unemployment and marginalization / Illse Julkunen

Precarious work: risk, choice and poverty traps / Robert MacDonald

NEETs, freeters and flexibility: reflecting precarious situations in the new labour market / Akio Inui

The stratification of youth employment in contemporary China / Jieyu Liu

What makes a young entrepreneur? / David C. Blanchflower and Andrew Oswald

Part V: Dependency and family relations. Leaving the parental home in young adulthood / Clara H. Mulder

Young, free and single? The rise of independent living / Sue Heath

Intergenerational support during the transition to adulthood / Teresa Toguchi Swartz and Kirsten Bengtson O'Brien

Early childbearing in the new era of delayed adulthood / Frank Furstenberg Jr

Homeless youth and the transition to adulthood / Bill McCarthy, Monica Williams and John Hagan

Part VI: Youth, culture and lifestyles. Leisure activities, place and identity / Joan Abbott-Chapman and Margaret Robertson

Young adults and the night-time economy / Robert G. Hollands

Young people and consumption / Amy L. Best

Spectacular soundtracks: youth and music / Andy Bennett

Young people, drugs and alcohol consumption / Shane Blackman

Spectacular youth? Young people's fashion and style / Paul Hodkinson

The experience of youth in the digital age / Philippa Collin and Jane Burns

Part VII: Civic engagement and disengagement. Young people's civic engagement and political development / Constance Flanagan

Young people, politics and citizenship / Anita Harris

Youth and trade unionism / Jan Carle

'Riots' or 'urban disorders'? The case for re-politicizing urban disorders / Sadiya Akram

Young people and armed conflict / Colette Daiute

Part VIII: Physical and mental health. Health in youth: changing times and changing influences / Patrick West

HIV and AIDS, STIs and sexual health among young people / Frederick Mugisha

Progress, culture and young people's wellbeing / Richard Eckersley

Health-related behaviours in context / Patrick West

Part IX: Identities, values and beliefs. Youth-identity studies: history, controversies and future directions / James E. Côte'

Values and related beliefs / Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson and Maria Monserud

The influence of aspirations on educational and occupational outcomes / Nathan Jones and Barbara Schneider

Generation Y, flexible capitalism and new work ethics / Peter Kelly

Understanding the sexual lives of young people / Janet Holland

Religiosity in the lives of youth / Lisa D. Pearce and Melinda Lundquist Denton

Part X: Crime and deviance. Juvenile delinquency and desistance / Shelly Schaefer and Christopher Uggen

Young people and anti-social behaviour / Alan France

Youth in a world of gangs / John M. Hagedorn

Young people, crime and justice / Rob White

Youth and punishment / Angela Harvey and Aaron Kupchik.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780415445412

0415445418

OCLC:

166372025

Publisher Number:

99939247222