The making of a generation : the children of the 1970s in adulthood / Lesley Andres and Johanna Wyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andres, Lesley.

Contributor:

Wyn, Johanna, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young adults--Canada--Social conditions.

Young adults.

Young adults--Australia--Social conditions.

Generation X--Canada.

Generation X.

Generation X--Australia.

Social conditions.

Canada--Social conditons--1971-1991.

Canada.

Canada--Social conditions--1991-.

Australia--Social conditions.

Australia.

Physical Description:

viii, 271 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2010]

Summary:

The "Paths on Life's Way" research project in British Columbia, Canada, and the "Life Patterns" project in the Australian state of Victoria were developed independently, but offer similar data sets on the impact of social forces, policies, life events, and other factors on the life-span development of research subjects, thereby offering a means to comparatively examine the formation of a generation, those children that grew up in Canada and Australia during the 1970s. After discussing strengths and weaknesses of theoretical approaches to the study of life-courses (with the analysis of the Canadian data drawing on theories of reproduction developed by Pierre Bourdieu while the Australian research draws primarily on theories of individualization, risk, and identity formation developed by Ulrich Beck and Anthony Giddens), they present chapters comparing government policies, particularly education and labor policies; young peoples' perceptions of social, economic, and cultural opportunities and constraints; educational and labor experiences; the impact of social changes on personal relationships; and issues of health and well-being. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references: pages [251]-266.

ISBN:

9780802092588

0802092586

9780802094674

0802094678

OCLC:

614855552