| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
SAGE key concepts |
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SAGE key concepts.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Making sense of young people today? -- Foundational concepts, issues and debates. Defining youth ; Youth transitions ; Youth cultures ; Young people and social policy ; Working with young people ; Researching youth ; Theorising youth ; The history of youth ; Young people, divisions and inequality ; Representations of youth -- Major concepts, issues and debates. Young people and leisure ; Youth and crime ; Youth training ; Young people and housing ; Young people, social networks and social capital ; Young people and wellbeing ; Young people and gender ; Young people and sexualities ; Young people and education ; Young people and the body ; Young people and place ; Young people and religion ; Young people and music ; Young people, 'race' and ethnicities ; Young people and informal learning ; Youth and social class ; Young people, politics, protest and social movements ; Young people, work and employment ; Young people and globalisation ; Young people and disability ; Young people and consumption ; The youth underclass ; Young people and homelessness. contents; about the authors; acknowledgements; introduction: making sense of young people today?; foundational concepts, issues and debates; 1 defining youth; 2 youth transitions; 3 youth cultures; 4 young people and social policy; 5 working with young people; 6 researching youth; 7 theorising youth; 8 the history of youth; 9 young people, divisions and inequality; 10 representations of youth ; major concepts, issues and debates; 11 young people and leisure; 12 youth and crime; 13 youth training; 14 young people and housing; 15 young people, social networks and social capital |
| Summary |
This book is an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of youth studies. The book examines how social science researchers study and understand youth in its social and cultural context |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Youth.
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youth (people)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Youth
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Simpson, Donald (Lecturer in Education)
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| ISBN |
9781446274613 |
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1446274616 |
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9781446290460 |
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1446290468 |
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9781446284025 |
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1446284026 |
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