Structure and agency in young people's lives : theory, methods and agendas / edited by Magda Nico and Ana Caetano.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nico, Magda, editor.

Caetano, Ana (Sociologist), editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Series:

Youth, young adulthood and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Social conditions.

Youth.

Youth--Economic conditions.

Social structure.

Agent (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 269 pages) : illustrations.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction. History, biography, endurance and empathy : an introductory (thank you) note to the book / Magda Nico and Ana Caetano

Challenging the structure/agency binary : youthful culture, labour and embodiments / Steve Threadgold, David Farrugia and Julia Coffey

Subjective understandings of young people's agency : concepts, methods and lay frames of reference / Sarah Irwin

The interplay of structure and agency in the school-to-work transition / Ingrid Schoon

The go-between. young-ish trajectories through a life course agency-structure lens / Magda Nico

Redefining the link between structure and agency : the place of time / Carmen Leccardi

Structure and agency : an old couple in a new era of prolonged education-to-work transitions amid rising inequalities and declining life chances / Ken Roberts

Making a living in a provincial hometown : locality as a structuring landscape for agency / Sanna Altonnen

Exploring the connection between structure and agency within the context of the young Greek crisis generation / Athanasia Chalari

Fighting adversity with different weapons : youth, structure and agency in Portugal during the crisis / Nuno De Almeida Alves

Certainties and control in the lives of young men : stories from three research projects / John Goodwin, Henrietta O'Connor and Laurie Parsons

Structure and agency in life stories : how to become a gang member / Carles Feixa

Reflexivity in late modernity : understanding young lives in the context of social change / Daniel Woodman and Amy Vanderharst

What are the chances? Coping with contingent events in youth / Ana Caetano

Youth pathways as process : how factor configuration, time dynamics and reflexivity combine together / María Eugenia Longo

There's always tomorrow strengthening agency and challenging structure through youth work and youth policy / Howard Williamson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 13, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Structure and agency in young people's lives

ISBN:

9780429324314

0429324316

Publisher Number:

40030526971

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.