| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 280 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Macrostructural trends and the reshaping of adolescence / Jeylan T. Mortimer, Reed W. Larson -- Youth in aging societies / Elizabeth Fussell -- Transition from school to work / Alan C. Kerckhoff -- Criminal justice in the lives of American adolescents : choosing the future / Frank T. Cullen, John Paul Wright -- Adolescent health care in the United States : implications and projections for the new millennium / Elizabeth M. Ozer, Tracy MacDonald, Charles E. Irwin, Jr.-- Youth and information technology / Ronald E. Anderson -- Social space, the final frontier : adolescents on the Internet / Kate Hellenga -- Approaching policy for adolescent development in the twenty-first century / James Youniss, Allison J. Ruth |
| Summary |
"The path adolescents take from childhood to adulthood is a product of social, economic, political, and technological forces. In the next century, these forces may facilitate youth's preparation to become healthy adults, or they may leave youth unprepared for adulthood. Knowledgeable projections are vital in shaping the agenda for research; for alerting educators, policy makers, and practitioners to new issues; and for formulating thoughtful responses to emerging dilemmas. This timely book focuses on the future of adolescence in postindustrial societies. The authors identity some ominous societal changes that will affect youth: unstable job markets, competition for public resources due to an aging population, and widening income gaps between "information workers" and low-skill workers. But they also observe numerous opportunities that may improve the lives of young people through the creation of new information technology, innovations in health-service delivery and criminal justice rehabilitation, and through the resourcefulness of a new generation. This volume examines these trends and other macrostructural changes that are likely to impact adolescents' lives and their futures as adults."--Page 4 of cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Adolescence -- Forecasting
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Teenagers -- Social conditions -- Forecasting
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Youth -- Social conditions -- Forecasting
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Twenty-first century -- Forecasts.
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Adolescent
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Social Conditions -- trends
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Adolescence.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Teenagers.
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Adolescence -- Forecasting
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Twenty-first century
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| Genre/Form |
Forecasts
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mortimer, Jeylan T., 1943-
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Larson, Reed, 1950-
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| ISBN |
9780521814805 |
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0521814804 |
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9780521891998 |
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052189199X |
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0511058624 |
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9780511058622 |
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0511073410 |
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9780511073410 |
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0511178212 |
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9780511178214 |
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0511064950 |
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9780511064951 |
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9780511613913 |
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0511613911 |
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1280419873 |
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9781280419874 |
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9786610419876 |
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6610419876 |
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