Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood

New perspectives and agendas

Edited by Andy Furlong

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• ISBN: 978-0-415-44540-5
• Binding: Hardback
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 27th February 2009
• Pages: 496

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About the Book

The parameters within which young people live their lives have changed radically. Changes in education and the labour market have led to an increased complexity of the youth phase and to an overall protraction in dependency and transitions.

Written by leading academics from several countries, this Handbook introduces up to date perspectives on a wide range of issues that affect and shape youth and young adulthood. It provides a an authoritative and multi-disciplinary overview of a field of study that offers unique insight on social change in a advanced societies and is aimed at academics, students, researchers and policy-makers.

The Handbook introduces some of the key theoretical perspectives used within youth studies and sets out future research agendas. Each of the ten sections covers an important area of research- from education and the labour market to youth cultures, health and crime whilst discussing change and continuity in the lives of young people. This work introduces readers to some of the most important work in the field while highlighting the underlying perspectives that have been used to understand the complexity of modern youth and young adulthood.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Re-conceptualising Youth and Young Adulthood 1. Changing Contexts, Changing Lives 2. Youth Transitions in an Age of Uncertainty 3. Socio-economic Reproduction 4. Youth and Generation: In the Midst of an Adult World 5. Models of Navigation and Life Management 6. The Emergence of ‘Emerging Adulthood’: The New Life Stage between Adolescence and Young Adulthood Part 2: Divisions 7. Social Divisions and Inequalities 8. Social Class, Youth and Young Adulthood in the context of a Shifting Global Economy 9. New Masculinities and Femininities: Gender Divisions in the new Economy 10. Young People, ‘Race’ and Ethnicity 11. Young People and Social Capital 12. Disability, Exclusion and Transition to Adulthood 13. Young Refugees Part 3: Education 14. Educational Contexts and Transitions 15. Educating for Late Modernity 16. Explaining Cross-national Differences in Education-work Transitions 17. Young People’s Subjective Orientations to Education 18. Mass Higher Education 19. Vocationalism 20. Keeping Kids on Track to a Successful Adulthood: The Role of VET in Improving High School Outcomes Part 4: Employment and Unemployment 21. Employment and Unemployment in Late Modernity 22. Changing Experiences of Work 23. Youth Unemployment and Marginalisation 24. Precarious Work: Risk, Choice and Poverty Traps 25. NEETs, Freeters and Flexibility: Reflecting Precarious Situations in the New Labour Market 26. The Stratification of Youth Employment in Contemporary China 27. What makes a Young Entrepreneur? Part 5: Dependency and Family Relations 28. Dependence, Independence and Housing Transitions 29. Leaving the Parental Home in Young Adulthood 30. Young, Free and Single? The Rise of Independent Living 31. Intergenerational Support During the Transition to Adulthood 32. Early Childbearing in the New Era of Delayed Adulthood 33. Homeless Youth and the Transition to Adulthood Part 6: Youth Culture and Lifestyles 34. Young People, Culture and Lifestyles 35. Leisure Activities, Place and Identity 36. Young Adults and the Night-time Economy 37. Young People and Consumption 38. Spectacular Soundtracks: Youth and Music 39. Young People, Drugs and Alcohol Consumption 40. Spectacular Youth? Young People’s Fashion and Style 41. The Experience of Youth in the Digital Youth Part 7: Civic Engagement and Disengagement 42. Civic and Political Engagement and Disengagement 43. Young People’s Civic Engagement and Political Development 44. Young People, Politics and Citizenship 45. Youth and Trade Unionism 46. Re-Politicising Urban Rioters 47. Young People and Armed Conflict Part 8: Physical and Mental Health 48. The Physical and Mental Health of Modern Youth 49. Health in Youth: Changing Times and Changing Influences 50. HIV and AIDS, STIs and Sexual Health Among Young People 51. Progress, Culture and Young People’s Well-being 52. Health Related Behaviours in Context Part 9: Identities, Values and Beliefs 53. Transforming Identities, Values and Beliefs 54. Youth-identity Studies: History, Controversies and Future Directions 55. Values and Related Beliefs 56. The Influence of Aspirations on Educational and Occupational Outcomes 57. Generation Y, Flexible Capitalism and New Work Ethics 58. Understanding the Sexual Lives of Young People 59. Religiosity in the Lives of Youth Part 10: Crime and Deviance 60. Young People, Crime and Juvenile Justice 61. Juvenile Delinquenc and Desistence 62. Young People and Anti-social Behaviour 63. Youth in a World of Gangs 64. Young People, Crime and Justice 65. Youth and Punishment

About the Author(s)

Andy Furlong is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of Glasgow and editor of the Journal of Youth Studies.

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